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The Moon on Tuesday, April 19, 1955: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on April 19, 1955Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 April 1955374,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 19, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
374,119 km232,467 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 15, 195511:01
New Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 195513:06

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Tuesday, April 19, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 1955 to the new moon of April 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.39 days.