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The Moon on Friday, July 13, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on July 13, 1956Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 July 1956376,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 13, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
376,509 km233,952 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Friday, July 13, 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.