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The Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on March 14, 1956Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 March 1956382,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 14, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
382,591 km237,731 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Wednesday, March 14, 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.