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The Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on May 14, 1955Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 May 1955392,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 14, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
392,471 km243,870 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 6, 195522:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 15, 195501:42

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Saturday, May 14, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1955 to the new moon of May 21, 1955, a cycle of 29.33 days.