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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1955: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 1955Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 April 1955386,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
386,167 km239,953 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 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.