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The Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on August 11, 1956Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 August 1956381,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 11, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
381,268 km236,909 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 6, 195611:25
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 13, 195608:45

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Saturday, August 11, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1956 to the new moon of September 4, 1956, a cycle of 29.31 days.