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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on March 4, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 March 1955375,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
375,416 km233,273 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 1, 195512:41
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 8, 195515:41

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.