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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on October 24, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 October 1955398,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
398,566 km247,658 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 23, 195523:05
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 31, 195506:04

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 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.