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The Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1954: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on April 28, 1954Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 April 1954369,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 28, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
369,287 km229,464 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 26, 195404:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 2, 195420:22

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Wednesday, April 28, 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.