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The Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on February 23, 1955Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 February 1955375,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 23, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
375,779 km233,498 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 22, 195515:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 195512:41

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Wednesday, February 23, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1955 to the new moon of March 24, 1955, a cycle of 29.49 days.