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The Moon on Thursday, September 9, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on September 9, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 September 1954381,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 9, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
381,142 km236,831 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 28, 1954 at 10:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Thursday, September 9, 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.