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The Moon on Monday, March 15, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 March 1954394,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 15, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
394,224 km244,959 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 1954 at 03:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Monday, March 15, 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.