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The Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1955: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

First Quarter at

12:41UTC

Moon phase on March 1, 1955First Quarter

Tuesday 1 March 1955370,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 1, 1955, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
370,432 km230,175 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 22, 195515:54
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 1, 195512:41
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 8, 195515:41

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Tuesday, March 1, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1955 to the new moon of March 24, 1955, a cycle of 29.49 days.