Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, May 14, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on May 14, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Friday 14 May 1954405,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 14, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,937 km252,237 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 9, 195418:17
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 17, 195421:47

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Friday, May 14, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1954 to the new moon of June 1, 1954, a cycle of 29.32 days.