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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1955: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Last Quarter at

22:14UTC

Moon phase on January 15, 1955Last Quarter

Saturday 15 January 1955400,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 1955, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.2% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
400,485 km248,850 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1955 is on Saturday, January 8, 1955 at 12:44 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 8, 195512:44
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 15, 195522:14
New Moon (after)Monday, January 24, 195501:07

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 1954 to the new moon of January 24, 1955, a cycle of 29.73 days.