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The Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on September 28, 1954Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 September 1954404,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 28, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
404,202 km251,159 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 27, 195400:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 5, 195405:31

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Tuesday, September 28, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 1954 to the new moon of October 26, 1954, a cycle of 29.71 days.