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The Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 April 1954404,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 15, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
404,577 km251,392 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Thursday, April 15, 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.