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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 July 1954387,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
387,343 km240,684 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 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.