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The Moon on Friday, July 15, 1955: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on July 15, 1955Waning Crescent

Friday 15 July 1955365,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 15, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.5% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,114 km226,871 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Friday, July 15, 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.