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The Moon on Monday, July 18, 1955: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 18, 1955Waning Crescent

Monday 18 July 1955361,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
361,423 km224,578 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Monday, July 18, 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.