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The Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1954: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 31, 1954Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 March 1954367,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 31, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
367,067 km228,085 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 27, 195416:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 3, 195412:25

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Wednesday, March 31, 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.