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The Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on October 18, 1955Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 October 1955401,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
401,097 km249,230 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Tuesday, October 18, 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.