Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, June 20, 1955: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

New Moon at

04:12UTC

Moon phase on June 20, 1955New Moon

Monday 20 June 1955358,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 20, 1955, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
358,778 km222,934 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 13, 195512:37
New Moon (this day)Monday, June 20, 195504:12
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 27, 195501:44

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Monday, June 20, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1955 to the new moon of July 19, 1955, a cycle of 29.31 days.