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The Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1956: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 4, 1956Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 August 1956359,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 4, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
359,575 km223,430 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 30, 195619:31
New Moon (after)Monday, August 6, 195611:25

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Saturday, August 4, 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.