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The Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on December 1, 1954Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 December 1954389,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 1, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
389,061 km241,751 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1954 is on Friday, December 10, 1954 at 00:57 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 25, 1954 at 12:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 25, 195412:31
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 3, 195409:56

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Wednesday, December 1, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 1954 to the new moon of December 25, 1954, a cycle of 29.79 days.