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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on September 28, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 September 1955389,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
389,588 km242,079 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 24, 195503:41
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 1, 195519:17

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 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.