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The Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on December 31, 1955Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 December 1955362,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 31, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
362,509 km225,252 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1955 is on Thursday, December 29, 1955 at 03:44 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 13, 1956 at 03:01 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 29, 195503:44
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 4, 195622:41

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Saturday, December 31, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 1955 to the new moon of January 13, 1956, a cycle of 29.83 days.