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The Moon on Tuesday, November 22, 1955: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

First Quarter at

17:29UTC

Moon phase on November 22, 1955First Quarter

Tuesday 22 November 1955395,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 22, 1955, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.9% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
395,218 km245,577 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1955 is on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 at 16:50 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 14, 1955 at 12:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 14, 195512:02
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 22, 195517:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 29, 195516:50

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Tuesday, November 22, 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.