Waxing · 30.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°
Moon age
5.6days
Moon phase on February 17, 1956Waxing Crescent
On Friday, February 17, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.0% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
30.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
380,494 km236,428 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to February 17, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, February 11, 1956 | 21:38 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, February 19, 1956 | 09:21 |
The Moon around February 17
More about this date
Friday, February 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in February 1956, or the whole moon calendar 1956.
- The same date one year apart: 1955 · 1957.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.