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The Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1954: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on October 24, 1954Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 October 1954402,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 24, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
402,765 km250,266 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Sunday, October 24, 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.