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The Moon on Saturday, July 30, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on July 30, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 July 1955404,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 30, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
404,743 km251,496 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 26, 195516:00
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 3, 195519:30

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Saturday, July 30, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1955 to the new moon of August 17, 1955, a cycle of 29.35 days.