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The Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on June 22, 1955Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 June 1955365,634 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 22, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
365,634 km227,194 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 20, 195504:12
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 27, 195501:44

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Wednesday, June 22, 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.