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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1955: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

New Moon at

13:06UTC

Moon phase on April 22, 1955New Moon

Friday 22 April 1955361,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1955, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
361,083 km224,367 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 15, 195511:01
New Moon (this day)Friday, April 22, 195513:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 29, 195504:23

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.