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The Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on October 7, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 October 1954381,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 7, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
381,377 km236,976 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 27, 1954 at 00:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 5, 195405:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 12, 195405:10

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Thursday, October 7, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 1954 to the new moon of October 26, 1954, a cycle of 29.71 days.