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The Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on January 30, 1955Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 January 1955371,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 30, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
371,984 km231,140 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Sunday, January 30, 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.