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The Moon on Monday, May 7, 1956: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on May 7, 1956Waning Crescent

Monday 7 May 1956382,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 7, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
382,732 km237,818 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 10, 1956 at 13:04 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 3, 195602:56
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 10, 195613:04

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Monday, May 7, 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.