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The Moon on Monday, May 24, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on May 24, 1954Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 May 1954380,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 24, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
380,635 km236,516 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Monday, May 24, 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.