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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1954: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

New Moon at

17:47UTC

Moon phase on October 26, 1954New Moon

Tuesday 26 October 1954405,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 1954, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
405,897 km252,213 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 18, 195420:30
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, October 26, 195417:47
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 3, 195420:55

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 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.