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The Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 12, 1956Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 July 1956370,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 12, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
370,716 km230,352 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Thursday, July 12, 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.