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The Moon on Monday, February 13, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on February 13, 1956Waxing Crescent

Monday 13 February 1956394,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 13, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
394,447 km245,098 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 11, 195621:38
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 19, 195609:21

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Monday, February 13, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1956 to the new moon of March 12, 1956, a cycle of 29.67 days.