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The Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1954: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 1, 1954Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 April 1954362,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 1, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
362,211 km225,068 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Thursday, April 1, 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.