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The Moon on Wednesday, July 13, 1955: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on July 13, 1955Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 July 1955372,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 13, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
372,943 km231,736 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 12, 195520:31
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 19, 195511:35

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Wednesday, July 13, 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.