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The Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1956: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on January 10, 1956Waning Crescent

Tuesday 10 January 1956406,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 10, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
406,168 km252,381 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1956 is on Thursday, December 29, 1955 at 03:44 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 13, 1956 at 03:01 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Tuesday, January 10, 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.