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The Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on June 23, 1955Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 June 1955370,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 23, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
370,998 km230,528 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Thursday, June 23, 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.