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The Moon on Monday, August 30, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 30, 1954Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 August 1954399,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 30, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
399,310 km248,119 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 28, 195410:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 5, 195412:29

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Monday, August 30, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1954 to the new moon of September 27, 1954, a cycle of 29.60 days.