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The Moon on Monday, October 4, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on October 4, 1954Waxing Crescent

Monday 4 October 1954397,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 4, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
397,867 km247,223 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Monday, October 4, 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.