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The Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1954: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on September 22, 1954Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 September 1954386,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 22, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
386,645 km240,250 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Wednesday, September 22, 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.