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The Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on September 3, 1955Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 September 1955380,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 3, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
380,822 km236,631 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 2, 195507:59
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 9, 195507:59

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Saturday, September 3, 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.