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The Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 1956: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on October 31, 1956Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 October 1956375,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 31, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
375,187 km233,130 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 26, 195618:02
New Moon (after)Friday, November 2, 195616:44

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Wednesday, October 31, 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.