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The Moon on Sunday, September 11, 1955: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 11, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 11 September 1955370,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 11, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
370,410 km230,162 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Sunday, September 11, 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.