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The Moon on Monday, October 1, 1956: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 1, 1956Waning Crescent

Monday 1 October 1956366,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 1, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
366,036 km227,444 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1956 is on Thursday, September 20, 1956 at 03:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Monday, October 1, 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.