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The Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 1955: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

First Quarter at

20:10UTC

Moon phase on March 30, 1955First Quarter

Wednesday 30 March 1955371,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 30, 1955, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
371,808 km231,031 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 24, 195503:43
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 30, 195520:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 7, 195506:35

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Wednesday, March 30, 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.