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The Moon on Friday, May 11, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 11, 1956Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 May 1956365,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 11, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
365,720 km227,248 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 10, 1956 at 13:04 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 10, 195613:04
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 17, 195605:15

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Friday, May 11, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1956 to the new moon of June 8, 1956, a cycle of 29.35 days.