Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°
Moon age
0.7days
Moon phase on August 18, 1955Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, August 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
374,186 km232,508 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 18, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, August 17, 1955 | 19:58 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, August 25, 1955 | 08:52 |
The Moon around August 18
More about this date
Thursday, August 18, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1955 to the new moon of September 16, 1955, a cycle of 29.43 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1955, or the whole moon calendar 1955.
- The same date one year apart: 1954 · 1956.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.