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The Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 1955Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 July 1955366,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 20, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
366,689 km227,850 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 19, 195511:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 26, 195516:00

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Wednesday, July 20, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1955 to the new moon of August 17, 1955, a cycle of 29.35 days.