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The Moon on Sunday, October 31, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on October 31, 1954Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 October 1954401,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 31, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
401,690 km249,598 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1954 is on Wednesday, November 10, 1954 at 14:29 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Sunday, October 31, 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.