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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1955: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on June 16, 1955Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 June 1955365,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.0% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
365,953 km227,393 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 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.