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The Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 7, 1955Waning Gibbous

Sunday 7 August 1955382,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 7, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
382,892 km237,918 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Sunday, August 7, 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.