Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°
Full Moon at
21:47UTC
Moon phase on May 17, 1954Full Moon
On Monday, May 17, 1954, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
403,827 km250,927 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 403,077 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, May 9, 1954 | 18:17 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Monday, May 17, 1954 | 21:47 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, May 25, 1954 | 13:49 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Monday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1954, or the whole moon calendar 1954.
- The same date one year apart: 1953 · 1955.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.