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The Moon on Saturday, February 11, 1956: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

New Moon at

21:38UTC

Moon phase on February 11, 1956New Moon

Saturday 11 February 1956400,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 11, 1956, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
400,218 km248,684 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 3, 195616:08
New Moon (this day)Saturday, February 11, 195621:38
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 19, 195609:21

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Saturday, February 11, 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.