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The Moon on Saturday, March 10, 1956: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on March 10, 1956Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 March 1956396,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 10, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
396,882 km246,611 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Saturday, March 10, 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.