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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on December 26, 1954Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 December 1954396,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
396,618 km246,447 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1954 is on Saturday, January 8, 1955 at 12:44 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 25, 1954 at 07:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 25, 195407:33
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 1, 195520:29

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 1954 to the new moon of January 24, 1955, a cycle of 29.73 days.