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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1954: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on May 29, 1954Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 May 1954361,754 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
361,754 km224,783 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 25, 195413:49
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 1, 195404:03

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 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.