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The Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on April 2, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 April 1955382,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 2, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
382,393 km237,608 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Saturday, April 2, 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.