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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1954: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 1954Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 April 1954364,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
364,355 km226,400 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.