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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1955: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on February 20, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 February 1955388,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
388,219 km241,228 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 14, 195519:40
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 22, 195515:54

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 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.