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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 1955Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 October 1955398,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
398,267 km247,471 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 15, 195519:32
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 23, 195523:05

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1955 to the new moon of November 14, 1955, a cycle of 29.69 days.