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The Moon on Monday, July 4, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on July 4, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 July 1955404,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 4, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
404,085 km251,086 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Monday, July 4, 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.