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The Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1955: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 19, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 March 1955391,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 19, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
391,524 km243,282 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 16, 195516:36
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 24, 195503:43

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Saturday, March 19, 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.