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The Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1955: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

First Quarter at

03:41UTC

Moon phase on September 24, 1955First Quarter

Saturday 24 September 1955403,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 24, 1955, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
403,454 km250,695 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 16, 195506:19
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 24, 195503:41
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 1, 195519:17

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Saturday, September 24, 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.