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The Moon on Sunday, February 19, 1956: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

First Quarter at

09:21UTC

Moon phase on February 19, 1956First Quarter

Sunday 19 February 1956373,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 19, 1956, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.4% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
373,031 km231,790 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 11, 195621:38
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 19, 195609:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 26, 195601:42

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Sunday, February 19, 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.