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The Moon on Friday, July 8, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on July 8, 1955Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 July 1955393,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 8, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
393,917 km244,769 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 5, 195505:29
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 12, 195520:31

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Friday, July 8, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1955 to the new moon of July 19, 1955, a cycle of 29.31 days.