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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1955Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 May 1955357,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
357,506 km222,144 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 21, 195520:59
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 28, 195514:01

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1955 to the new moon of June 20, 1955, a cycle of 29.30 days.