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The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 24, 1955Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 April 1955360,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,081 km223,744 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 22, 195513:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 29, 195504:23

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1955 to the new moon of May 21, 1955, a cycle of 29.33 days.