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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1955: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1955Waning Crescent

Friday 20 May 1955360,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
360,039 km223,718 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 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.