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The Moon on Friday, October 14, 1955: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on October 14, 1955Waning Crescent

Friday 14 October 1955388,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 14, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
388,132 km241,174 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1955 is on Saturday, October 1, 1955 at 19:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Friday, October 14, 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.