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The Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on April 30, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 April 1955384,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 30, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
384,390 km238,849 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 29, 195504:23
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 6, 195522:14

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Saturday, April 30, 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.