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The Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 August 1955402,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 28, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
402,114 km249,862 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 25, 195508:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 2, 195507:59

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Sunday, August 28, 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.