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The Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on October 10, 1956Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 October 1956400,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 10, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
400,507 km248,863 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Wednesday, October 10, 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.