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The Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1954: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on October 23, 1954Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 October 1954400,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 23, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
400,251 km248,704 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Saturday, October 23, 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.