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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on August 18, 1954Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 August 1954367,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
367,276 km228,215 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 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.