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The Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on August 4, 1955Waning Gibbous

Thursday 4 August 1955393,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 4, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
393,022 km244,212 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 3, 195519:30
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 11, 195502:33

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Thursday, August 4, 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.