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The Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on November 3, 1955Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 November 1955363,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 3, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
363,251 km225,714 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 14, 1955 at 12:02 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 31, 195506:04
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 6, 195521:56

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Thursday, November 3, 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.