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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1956: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

29.2days

Moon phase on January 12, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 January 1956405,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
405,939 km252,239 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1956 is on Thursday, December 29, 1955 at 03:44 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 13, 1956 at 03:01 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 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.