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The Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on March 18, 1956Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 March 1956372,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 18, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
372,385 km231,389 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Sunday, March 18, 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.