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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 March 1954381,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.3% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
381,316 km236,939 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 1954 at 03:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 11, 195417:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 19, 195412:43

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 1954 to the new moon of April 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.38 days.