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The Moon on Monday, July 12, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on July 12, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 July 1954398,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 12, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
398,794 km247,799 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 30, 1954 at 12:26 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 8, 195401:33
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 16, 195400:29

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Monday, July 12, 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.