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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 11, 1955Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 May 1955403,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
403,415 km250,670 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 6, 195522:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 15, 195501:42

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1955 to the new moon of May 21, 1955, a cycle of 29.33 days.