Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1954: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on October 20, 1954Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 October 1954388,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 20, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
388,739 km241,551 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 18, 195420:30
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 26, 195417:47

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Wednesday, October 20, 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.