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The Moon on Monday, March 19, 1956: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

First Quarter at

17:14UTC

Moon phase on March 19, 1956First Quarter

Monday 19 March 1956370,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 19, 1956, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,757 km230,378 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 12, 195613:37
First Quarter (this day)Monday, March 19, 195617:14
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 26, 195613:11

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Monday, March 19, 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.