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The Moon on Monday, January 24, 1955: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

New Moon at

01:07UTC

Moon phase on January 24, 1955New Moon

Monday 24 January 1955388,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 24, 1955, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
388,487 km241,395 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 15, 195522:14
New Moon (this day)Monday, January 24, 195501:07
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 31, 195505:06

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Monday, January 24, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1955 to the new moon of February 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.62 days.