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The Moon on Friday, March 26, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on March 26, 1954Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 March 1954395,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 26, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
395,913 km246,009 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Friday, March 26, 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.