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The Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on July 31, 1954Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 July 1954388,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 31, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
388,429 km241,358 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 29, 195422:20
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 6, 195418:51

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Saturday, July 31, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1954 to the new moon of August 28, 1954, a cycle of 29.50 days.