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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on October 15, 1954Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 October 1954363,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
363,147 km225,649 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1954 is on Tuesday, October 12, 1954 at 05:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 26, 1954 at 17:47 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 12, 195405:10
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 18, 195420:30

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 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.