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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on March 31, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 March 1955375,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
375,226 km233,155 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 30, 195520:10
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 7, 195506:35

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 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.