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The Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on March 20, 1954Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 March 1954405,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 20, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
405,637 km252,051 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 19, 195412:43
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 27, 195416:14

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Saturday, March 20, 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.