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The Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1955: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on November 12, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 November 1955396,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 12, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
396,131 km246,144 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1955 is on Monday, October 31, 1955 at 06:04 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 14, 1955 at 12:02 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 6, 195521:56
New Moon (after)Monday, November 14, 195512:02

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Saturday, November 12, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1955 to the new moon of November 14, 1955, a cycle of 29.69 days.