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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 1954Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 May 1954392,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
392,999 km244,198 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 17, 195421:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 25, 195413:49

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 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.