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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on March 26, 1955Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 March 1955364,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
364,238 km226,327 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 24, 195503:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 30, 195520:10

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 1955 to the new moon of April 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.39 days.