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The Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on July 3, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 July 1955405,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 3, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
405,302 km251,843 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 27, 195501:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 5, 195505:29

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Sunday, July 3, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1955 to the new moon of July 19, 1955, a cycle of 29.31 days.