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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 1956: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on September 28, 1956Waning Crescent

Friday 28 September 1956369,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,135 km229,370 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1956 is on Thursday, September 20, 1956 at 03:19 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 27, 195611:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 4, 195604:25

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 4, 1956 to the new moon of October 4, 1956, a cycle of 29.39 days.