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The Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on September 18, 1955Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 September 1955391,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
391,353 km243,176 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 16, 195506:19
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 24, 195503:41

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Sunday, September 18, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 1955 to the new moon of October 15, 1955, a cycle of 29.55 days.