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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 5, 1956Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 October 1956377,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
377,157 km234,354 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 4, 195604:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 11, 195618:44

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 1956 to the new moon of November 2, 1956, a cycle of 29.51 days.