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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 1955: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Last Quarter at

11:01UTC

Moon phase on April 15, 1955Last Quarter

Friday 15 April 1955396,660 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 1955, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
396,660 km246,473 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 7, 195506:35
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, April 15, 195511:01
New Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 195513:06

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 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.