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The Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on October 3, 1954Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 October 1954401,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 3, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
401,567 km249,522 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Sunday, October 3, 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.