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The Moon on Monday, May 16, 1955: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 16, 1955Waning Crescent

Monday 16 May 1955381,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
381,108 km236,809 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 15, 195501:42
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 21, 195520:59

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 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.