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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 1955Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 March 1955404,216 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
404,216 km251,168 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.