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The Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 1954Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 May 1954385,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 23, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
385,069 km239,271 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Sunday, May 23, 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.