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The Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on August 7, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 August 1954403,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 7, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
403,048 km250,442 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 6, 195418:51
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 14, 195411:03

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Saturday, August 7, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1954 to the new moon of August 28, 1954, a cycle of 29.50 days.