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The Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1956: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

New Moon at

18:57UTC

Moon phase on September 4, 1956New Moon

Tuesday 4 September 1956362,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 4, 1956, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
362,376 km225,170 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 29, 195604:13
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, September 4, 195618:57
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 12, 195600:13

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Tuesday, September 4, 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.