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The Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1956: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on February 9, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 February 1956404,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 9, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
404,366 km251,261 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1956 is on Friday, January 27, 1956 at 14:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Thursday, February 9, 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.