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The Moon on Friday, February 10, 1956: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on February 10, 1956Waning Crescent

Friday 10 February 1956402,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 10, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
402,563 km250,141 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 1956 is on Friday, January 27, 1956 at 14:40 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Friday, February 10, 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.