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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 August 1955399,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
399,519 km248,250 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 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.