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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on January 26, 1955Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 January 1955381,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
381,767 km237,219 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 24, 195501:07
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 31, 195505:06

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 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.