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The Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1955: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on October 9, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 October 1955373,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 9, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
373,126 km231,850 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 8, 195514:04
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 15, 195519:32

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Sunday, October 9, 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.