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The Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on March 23, 1954Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 March 1954404,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 23, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
404,927 km251,610 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Tuesday, March 23, 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.