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The Moon on Friday, November 9, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on November 9, 1956Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 November 1956404,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 9, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
404,374 km251,266 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 2, 195616:44
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 10, 195615:09

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Friday, November 9, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 2, 1956 to the new moon of December 2, 1956, a cycle of 29.65 days.