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The Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 26, 1955Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 April 1955365,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 26, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,422 km227,063 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Tuesday, April 26, 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.