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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on December 30, 1954Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 December 1954382,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
382,998 km237,984 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1954 is on Saturday, January 8, 1955 at 12:44 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 25, 1954 at 07:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 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.