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The Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1954: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on August 25, 1954Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 August 1954382,295 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 25, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
382,295 km237,547 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Wednesday, August 25, 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.