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The Moon on Monday, April 12, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 April 1954395,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 12, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
395,913 km246,009 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 10, 195405:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 18, 195405:49

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Monday, April 12, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 1954 to the new moon of May 2, 1954, a cycle of 29.33 days.