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The Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on October 30, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 October 1955367,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 30, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
367,305 km228,233 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 1955 at 19:32 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Sunday, October 30, 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.