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The Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 August 1955392,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 31, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
392,363 km243,803 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Wednesday, August 31, 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.