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The Moon on Monday, August 9, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on August 9, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 August 1954397,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 9, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.1% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
397,267 km246,850 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Monday, August 9, 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.