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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 1954: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Full Moon at

00:29UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 1954Full Moon

Friday 16 July 1954383,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 1954, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
383,452 km238,266 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 385,286 km from Earth. Partial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1954 is on Friday, July 16, 1954 at 00:29 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 8, 195401:33
Full Moon (this day)Friday, July 16, 195400:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 23, 195400:14

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 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.