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The Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on June 12, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 June 1954404,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 12, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
404,758 km251,505 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1954 is on Wednesday, June 16, 1954 at 12:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 8, 195409:14
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 16, 195412:06

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Saturday, June 12, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 1, 1954 to the new moon of June 30, 1954, a cycle of 29.35 days.