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The Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1955: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on January 22, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 January 1955395,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 22, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
395,677 km245,862 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1955 is on Saturday, January 8, 1955 at 12:44 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 15, 195522:14
New Moon (after)Monday, January 24, 195501:07

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Saturday, January 22, 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.