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The Moon on Saturday, April 16, 1955: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 April 1955391,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 16, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
391,793 km243,449 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 15, 195511:01
New Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 195513:06

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Saturday, April 16, 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.