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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1954: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on December 18, 1954Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 December 1954401,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
401,376 km249,403 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1954 is on Friday, December 10, 1954 at 00:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 25, 1954 at 07:33 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 17, 195402:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 25, 195407:33

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 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.