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The Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on February 8, 1955Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 February 1955382,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 8, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
382,986 km237,976 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 7, 195501:43
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 14, 195519:40

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Tuesday, February 8, 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.