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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1955Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 May 1955362,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
362,408 km225,190 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 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.