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The Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1956: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on September 2, 1956Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 September 1956361,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 2, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,312 km224,509 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 29, 195604:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 4, 195618:57

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Sunday, September 2, 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.