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The Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on March 21, 1954Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 March 1954406,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 21, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
406,178 km252,387 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Sunday, March 21, 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.