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The Moon on Monday, September 20, 1954: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on September 20, 1954Waning Crescent

Monday 20 September 1954378,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 20, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
378,511 km235,196 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 19, 195411:11
New Moon (after)Monday, September 27, 195400:51

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Monday, September 20, 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.