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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on October 7, 1955Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 October 1955369,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.4% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
369,024 km229,301 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 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.