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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on August 4, 1954Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 August 1954402,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
402,608 km250,169 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 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.