Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1954: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on September 23, 1954Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 September 1954390,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 23, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
390,394 km242,579 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Thursday, September 23, 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.