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The Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1956: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 29, 1956Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 September 1956367,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 29, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,245 km228,196 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1956 is on Thursday, September 20, 1956 at 03:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Saturday, September 29, 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.