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The Moon on Friday, August 13, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on August 13, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 August 1954378,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 13, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
378,538 km235,213 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 29, 1954 at 22:20 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Friday, August 13, 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.