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The Moon on Monday, September 12, 1955: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 1955Waning Crescent

Monday 12 September 1955371,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 12, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
371,545 km230,868 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Monday, September 12, 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.