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The Moon on Monday, March 7, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on March 7, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Monday 7 March 1955384,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 7, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
384,044 km238,634 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Monday, March 7, 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.