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The Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on January 17, 1956Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 January 1956394,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 17, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
394,807 km245,321 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1956 is on Friday, January 27, 1956 at 14:40 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 13, 1956 at 03:01 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 13, 195603:01
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 20, 195622:58

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Tuesday, January 17, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 1956 to the new moon of February 11, 1956, a cycle of 29.78 days.