Waxing · 53.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°
First Quarter at
05:15UTC
Moon phase on May 17, 1956First Quarter
On Thursday, May 17, 1956, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
373,805 km232,271 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 10, 1956 at 13:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, May 10, 1956 | 13:04 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Thursday, May 17, 1956 | 05:15 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, May 24, 1956 | 15:26 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Thursday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1956, or the whole moon calendar 1956.
- The same date one year apart: 1955 · 1957.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.