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The Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on October 4, 1955Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 4 October 1955367,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 4, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
367,714 km228,487 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 1, 195519:17
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 8, 195514:04

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Tuesday, October 4, 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.