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The Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on July 10, 1956Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 10 July 1956361,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 10, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
361,189 km224,432 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 8, 195604:38
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 14, 195620:47

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Tuesday, July 10, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1956 to the new moon of August 6, 1956, a cycle of 29.28 days.