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The Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1956: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on April 5, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 April 1956401,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 5, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
401,369 km249,399 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 3, 195608:06
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 11, 195602:39

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Thursday, April 5, 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.