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The Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on February 14, 1956Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 February 1956391,201 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 14, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
391,201 km243,081 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Tuesday, February 14, 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.