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The Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1955: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 13, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 August 1955366,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 13, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
366,667 km227,836 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Saturday, August 13, 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.