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The Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on March 6, 1954Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 March 1954359,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 6, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
359,592 km223,440 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 1954 at 03:11 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 5, 195403:11
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 11, 195417:52

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Saturday, March 6, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 1954 to the new moon of April 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.38 days.