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The Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on May 6, 1954Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 May 1954372,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 6, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.0% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
372,607 km231,527 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 2, 195420:22
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 9, 195418:17

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Thursday, May 6, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1954 to the new moon of June 1, 1954, a cycle of 29.32 days.