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The Moon on Friday, October 1, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on October 1, 1954Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 October 1954405,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 1, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
405,591 km252,023 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Friday, October 1, 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.