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The Moon on Monday, October 10, 1955: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on October 10, 1955Waning Crescent

Monday 10 October 1955375,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 10, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
375,697 km233,447 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Monday, October 10, 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.