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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1955: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Last Quarter at

20:31UTC

Moon phase on July 12, 1955Last Quarter

Tuesday 12 July 1955377,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 1955, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
377,448 km234,535 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 5, 195505:29
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 12, 195520:31
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 19, 195511:35

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 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.