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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on July 31, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 July 1955403,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
403,657 km250,820 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 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.