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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 9, 1954Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 April 1954380,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
380,348 km236,337 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 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.