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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1954: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 1, 1954Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 May 1954358,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
358,176 km222,560 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 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.