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The Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 26, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 October 1955388,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 26, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
388,865 km241,629 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Wednesday, October 26, 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.