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The Moon on Monday, March 28, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on March 28, 1955Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 March 1955366,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 28, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,274 km227,592 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Monday, March 28, 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.