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The Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on September 1, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 September 1955388,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 1, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
388,364 km241,318 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Thursday, September 1, 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.