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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 April 1954406,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
406,423 km252,540 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 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.