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The Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on September 6, 1955Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 6 September 1955372,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 6, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
372,964 km231,749 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Tuesday, September 6, 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.