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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 1955: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on April 18, 1955Waning Crescent

Monday 18 April 1955380,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
380,129 km236,201 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1955 is on Thursday, April 7, 1955 at 06:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 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.