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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on July 23, 1955Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 July 1955382,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
382,689 km237,792 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.