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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on April 12, 1956Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 April 1956373,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
373,633 km232,165 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 11, 195602:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 17, 195623:28

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1956 to the new moon of May 10, 1956, a cycle of 29.43 days.