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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on August 10, 1955Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 10 August 1955373,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
373,353 km231,991 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.