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The Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on October 28, 1954Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 October 1954406,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 28, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
406,484 km252,577 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1954 is on Wednesday, November 10, 1954 at 14:29 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 26, 195417:47
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 3, 195420:55

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Thursday, October 28, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 26, 1954 to the new moon of November 25, 1954, a cycle of 29.78 days.