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The Moon on Friday, April 8, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on April 8, 1955Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 April 1955401,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 8, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
401,286 km249,347 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 7, 195506:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 15, 195511:01

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Friday, April 8, 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.