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The Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1955: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on November 9, 1955Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 November 1955385,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 9, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
385,605 km239,604 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 14, 1955 at 12:02 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Wednesday, November 9, 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.