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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1955: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 14, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 August 1955365,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
365,898 km227,359 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1955 is on Wednesday, August 3, 1955 at 19:30 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 17, 1955 at 19:58 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 11, 195502:33
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 17, 195519:58

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 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.