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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 22, 1955Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 July 1955376,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
376,823 km234,147 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 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.