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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 1954Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 April 1954401,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
401,937 km249,752 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1954 is on Sunday, April 18, 1954 at 05:49 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 18, 195405:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 26, 195404:57

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 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.