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The Moon on Friday, April 2, 1954: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on April 2, 1954Waning Crescent

Friday 2 April 1954358,791 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 2, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
358,791 km222,942 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Friday, April 2, 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.