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The Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on March 27, 1955Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 March 1955364,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
364,687 km226,606 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Sunday, March 27, 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.