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The Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1956: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on January 7, 1956Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 January 1956400,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 7, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
400,329 km248,753 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1956 is on Thursday, December 29, 1955 at 03:44 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 13, 1956 at 03:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 4, 195622:41
New Moon (after)Friday, January 13, 195603:01

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Saturday, January 7, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 1955 to the new moon of January 13, 1956, a cycle of 29.83 days.