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The Moon on Sunday, June 27, 1954: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on June 27, 1954Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 June 1954365,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 27, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
365,706 km227,239 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1954 is on Wednesday, June 16, 1954 at 12:06 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 30, 1954 at 12:26 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 23, 195419:46
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 30, 195412:26

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Sunday, June 27, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 1, 1954 to the new moon of June 30, 1954, a cycle of 29.35 days.