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The Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1954: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

First Quarter at

01:33UTC

Moon phase on July 8, 1954First Quarter

Thursday 8 July 1954403,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 8, 1954, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,887 km250,963 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 30, 1954 at 12:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 30, 195412:26
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 8, 195401:33
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 16, 195400:29

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Thursday, July 8, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1954 to the new moon of July 29, 1954, a cycle of 29.41 days.