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The Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on March 29, 1955Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 March 1955368,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 29, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
368,740 km229,125 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Tuesday, March 29, 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.