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The Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1954: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on December 19, 1954Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 December 1954404,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 19, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
404,001 km251,034 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1954 is on Friday, December 10, 1954 at 00:57 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 25, 1954 at 07:33 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Sunday, December 19, 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.