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The Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 1955Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 August 1955401,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 24, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
401,311 km249,363 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Wednesday, August 24, 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.