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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on August 19, 1954Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 August 1954367,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
367,938 km228,626 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1954 is on Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 11:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 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.