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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 1955: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

First Quarter at

05:06UTC

Moon phase on January 31, 1955First Quarter

Monday 31 January 1955370,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 1955, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
370,381 km230,144 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 24, 195501:07
First Quarter (this day)Monday, January 31, 195505:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 7, 195501:43

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 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.