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The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 1956: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on February 5, 1956Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 February 1956402,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
402,888 km250,343 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1956 is on Friday, January 27, 1956 at 14:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 3, 195616:08
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 11, 195621:38

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 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.