Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1955: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on June 15, 1955Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 June 1955371,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 15, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
371,036 km230,551 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 13, 195512:37
New Moon (after)Monday, June 20, 195504:12

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Wednesday, June 15, 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.