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The Moon on Monday, April 16, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on April 16, 1956Waxing Crescent

Monday 16 April 1956369,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 16, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
369,106 km229,352 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Monday, April 16, 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.