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The Moon on Monday, September 5, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 1955Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 September 1955375,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 5, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
375,028 km233,031 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Monday, September 5, 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.