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The Moon on Friday, September 30, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on September 30, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 September 1955379,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 30, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
379,773 km235,980 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 1955 at 06:19 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Friday, September 30, 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.