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The Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1955: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on July 17, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 July 1955361,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 17, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
361,182 km224,428 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Sunday, July 17, 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.