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The Moon on Friday, September 9, 1955: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Last Quarter at

07:59UTC

Moon phase on September 9, 1955Last Quarter

Friday 9 September 1955369,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 9, 1955, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
369,910 km229,852 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 2, 195507:59
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, September 9, 195507:59
New Moon (after)Friday, September 16, 195506:19

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Friday, September 9, 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.