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The Moon on Sunday, June 19, 1955: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on June 19, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 June 1955357,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 19, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
357,963 km222,428 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Sunday, June 19, 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.