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The Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 1956Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 May 1956364,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 13, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
364,241 km226,329 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 10, 1956 at 13:04 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Sunday, May 13, 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.