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The Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1954: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on July 28, 1954Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 July 1954376,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 28, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
376,693 km234,066 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 23, 195400:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 29, 195422:20

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Wednesday, July 28, 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.