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The Moon on Friday, March 2, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on March 2, 1956Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 March 1956394,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 2, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
394,583 km245,182 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 26, 195601:42
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 4, 195611:53

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Friday, March 2, 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.