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The Moon on Sunday, March 13, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on March 13, 1955Waning Gibbous

Sunday 13 March 1955403,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 13, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
403,381 km250,649 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 8, 195515:41
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 16, 195516:36

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Sunday, March 13, 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.