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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on March 16, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 March 1954397,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
397,562 km247,033 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 1954 at 03:11 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 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.