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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 4, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 May 1955399,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
399,514 km248,246 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 22, 1955 at 13:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 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.