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The Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 1956: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on April 10, 1956Waning Crescent

Tuesday 10 April 1956380,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 10, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
380,867 km236,660 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Tuesday, April 10, 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.