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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 8, 1954Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 April 1954374,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
374,388 km232,634 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 3, 195412:25
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 10, 195405:06

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 1954 to the new moon of May 2, 1954, a cycle of 29.33 days.