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The Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 1955: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on November 8, 1955Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 November 1955381,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 8, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.1% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
381,546 km237,081 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 14, 1955 at 12:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 6, 195521:56
New Moon (after)Monday, November 14, 195512:02

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Tuesday, November 8, 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.