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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1955: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 20, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 March 1955386,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
386,214 km239,982 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.