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The Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on September 16, 1954Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 September 1954364,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 16, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
364,079 km226,228 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1954 is on Sunday, September 12, 1954 at 20:20 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 12, 195420:20
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 19, 195411:11

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Thursday, September 16, 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.