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The Moon on Friday, September 24, 1954: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on September 24, 1954Waning Crescent

Friday 24 September 1954393,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 24, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
393,867 km244,737 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Friday, September 24, 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.