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The Moon on Saturday, November 10, 1956: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

First Quarter at

15:09UTC

Moon phase on November 10, 1956First Quarter

Saturday 10 November 1956404,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 10, 1956, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.9% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
404,120 km251,108 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 10, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 2, 195616:44
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 10, 195615:09
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 18, 195606:45

The Moon around November 10

More about this date

Saturday, November 10, 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.