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The Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on September 8, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 September 1954386,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 8, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
386,924 km240,423 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 5, 195412:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 12, 195420:20

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Wednesday, September 8, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1954 to the new moon of September 27, 1954, a cycle of 29.60 days.