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The Moon on Monday, December 27, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on December 27, 1954Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 December 1954393,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 27, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
393,531 km244,529 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1954 is on Saturday, January 8, 1955 at 12:44 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 25, 1954 at 07:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Monday, December 27, 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.