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The Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1956: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on March 8, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 March 1956402,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 8, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
402,559 km250,139 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 4, 195611:53
New Moon (after)Monday, March 12, 195613:37

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Thursday, March 8, 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.