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The Moon on Monday, August 16, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on August 16, 1954Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 August 1954368,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 16, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
368,741 km229,125 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 14, 195411:03
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 21, 195404:51

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Monday, August 16, 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.