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The Moon on Saturday, April 7, 1956: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on April 7, 1956Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 April 1956394,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 7, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
394,366 km245,048 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Saturday, April 7, 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.