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The Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1955: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 17, 1955Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 May 1955374,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 17, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
374,954 km232,986 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Tuesday, May 17, 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.