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The Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1955Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 April 1955369,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 27, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
369,709 km229,727 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Wednesday, April 27, 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.