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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 1955: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

First Quarter at

04:23UTC

Moon phase on April 29, 1955First Quarter

Friday 29 April 1955379,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 1955, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
379,528 km235,828 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 22, 195513:06
First Quarter (this day)Friday, April 29, 195504:23
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 6, 195522:14

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.