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The Moon on Friday, January 28, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on January 28, 1955Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 January 1955376,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 28, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
376,235 km233,782 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Friday, January 28, 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.