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The Moon on Thursday, July 14, 1955: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 14, 1955Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 July 1955368,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 14, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
368,720 km229,112 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Thursday, July 14, 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.