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The Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on December 21, 1955Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 December 1955391,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 21, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
391,239 km243,105 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1955 is on Thursday, December 29, 1955 at 03:44 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 1955 at 07:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Wednesday, December 21, 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.