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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on September 22, 1955Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 September 1955403,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.8% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
403,618 km250,797 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 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.