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The Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on October 29, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 October 1955371,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 29, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
371,858 km231,062 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Saturday, October 29, 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.