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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on April 12, 1955Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 April 1955404,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
404,818 km251,542 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 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.