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The Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1955: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on October 11, 1955Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 October 1955378,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 11, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.8% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
378,511 km235,195 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Tuesday, October 11, 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.