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The Moon on Friday, August 12, 1955: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on August 12, 1955Waning Crescent

Friday 12 August 1955368,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.4% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
368,311 km228,858 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 11, 195502:33
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 17, 195519:58

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 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.