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The Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1955: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on September 14, 1955Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 September 1955375,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 14, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
375,892 km233,569 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1955 is on Friday, September 2, 1955 at 07:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Wednesday, September 14, 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.