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The Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on April 3, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 April 1955385,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 3, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
385,931 km239,807 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 24, 1955 at 03:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Sunday, April 3, 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.