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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1954: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on August 24, 1954Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 August 1954379,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
379,145 km235,590 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 21, 195404:51
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 28, 195410:21

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 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.