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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on July 21, 1955Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 July 1955371,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
371,333 km230,736 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 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.