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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1955: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

New Moon at

20:59UTC

Moon phase on May 21, 1955New Moon

Saturday 21 May 1955357,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 1955, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
357,823 km222,341 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 15, 195501:42
New Moon (this day)Saturday, May 21, 195520:59
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 28, 195514:01

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 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.