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The Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on January 29, 1955Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 January 1955373,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 29, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
373,948 km232,361 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Saturday, January 29, 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.