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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on August 12, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 August 1954383,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
383,265 km238,150 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 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.