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The Moon on Monday, May 14, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 14, 1956Waxing Crescent

Monday 14 May 1956365,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 14, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,411 km227,056 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 10, 1956 at 13:04 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Monday, May 14, 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.