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The Moon on Monday, September 3, 1956: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on September 3, 1956Waning Crescent

Monday 3 September 1956361,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 3, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
361,026 km224,331 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Monday, September 3, 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.