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The Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on March 13, 1956Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 March 1956386,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 13, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
386,002 km239,850 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 12, 195613:37
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 19, 195617:14

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Tuesday, March 13, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1956 to the new moon of April 11, 1956, a cycle of 29.54 days.