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The Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on November 2, 1954Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 November 1954394,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 2, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
394,002 km244,821 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1954 is on Wednesday, November 10, 1954 at 14:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Tuesday, November 2, 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.