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The Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on September 29, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 September 1955384,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 29, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
384,625 km238,995 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Thursday, September 29, 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.