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The Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1955: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 18, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 June 1955359,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
359,026 km223,088 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Saturday, June 18, 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.