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The Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on February 1, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 February 1955369,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 1, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.7% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
369,227 km229,427 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 31, 195505:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 7, 195501:43

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Tuesday, February 1, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1955 to the new moon of February 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.62 days.