Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1955Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 August 1955383,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 20, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
383,880 km238,532 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 17, 195519:58
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 25, 195508:52

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Saturday, August 20, 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.