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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 1954: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on October 22, 1954Waning Crescent

Friday 22 October 1954397,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
397,075 km246,731 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 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.