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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on July 24, 1955Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 July 1955388,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
388,467 km241,382 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 19, 1955 at 11:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 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.