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The Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on November 23, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 November 1955389,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 23, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.9% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
389,940 km242,297 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1955 is on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 at 16:50 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 14, 1955 at 12:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 22, 195517:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 29, 195516:50

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Wednesday, November 23, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 14, 1955 to the new moon of December 14, 1955, a cycle of 29.80 days.