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The Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1955: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on December 7, 1955Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 December 1955387,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 7, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
387,016 km240,481 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1955 is on Tuesday, November 29, 1955 at 16:50 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 1955 at 07:07 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 6, 195508:36
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 14, 195507:07

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Wednesday, December 7, 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.