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The Moon on Friday, July 2, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on July 2, 1954Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 July 1954380,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 2, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
380,252 km236,278 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 30, 1954 at 12:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 30, 195412:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 8, 195401:33

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Friday, July 2, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1954 to the new moon of July 29, 1954, a cycle of 29.41 days.