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The Moon on Friday, December 16, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on December 16, 1955Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 December 1955406,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 16, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
406,018 km252,288 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1955 is on Thursday, December 29, 1955 at 03:44 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 1955 at 07:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Friday, December 16, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 1955 to the new moon of January 13, 1956, a cycle of 29.83 days.