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The Moon on Saturday, November 19, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on November 19, 1955Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 November 1955404,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 19, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.9% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
404,849 km251,562 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1955 is on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 at 16:50 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 14, 1955 at 12:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 14, 195512:02
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 22, 195517:29

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Saturday, November 19, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 14, 1955 to the new moon of December 14, 1955, a cycle of 29.80 days.