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Moon phases December 1956

New moon
Sun 02 Dec
08:13 UTC
First quarter
Mon 10 Dec
11:51 UTC
Full · Cold
Mon 17 Dec
19:06 UTC
Last quarter
Mon 24 Dec
10:10 UTC

In December 1956 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Sunday, December 2 at 08:13 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, December 10 at 11:51 UTC, the Full Moon on Monday, December 17 at 19:06 UTC and the Last Quarter on Monday, December 24 at 10:10 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 02New New Moon, 0% lit 0%08:13 03 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 04 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 05 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 06 Waxing Crescent, 16% lit 16% 07 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 08 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 09 Waxing Crescent, 41% lit 41% 10First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%11:51 11 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 17Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%19:06 18 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 19 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 20 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 21 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 22 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 23 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 24Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%10:10 25 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 26 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28% 27 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20% 28 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 29 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 30 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 31 Waning Crescent, 0% lit 0%

Exact phase times

December 1956 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 2, the First Quarter on December 10, the Full Moon on December 17 and the Last Quarter on December 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSunday, December 2, 195608:13
First QuarterMonday, December 10, 195611:51
Full MoonMonday, December 17, 195619:06
Last QuarterMonday, December 24, 195610:10

Monday, December 17, 1956: Cold Moon, 363,717 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 1956

Twelve full moons, one blue

27 Jan Wolf Supermoon 26 Feb Snow Supermoon 26 Mar Worm 25 Apr Pink 24 May Flower partial eclipse 23 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 22 Jul Buck Micromoon 21 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 20 Sept Harvest 19 Oct Hunter’s 18 Nov Beaver total eclipse 17 Dec Cold Supermoon