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The Moon on Monday, November 26, 1956: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on November 26, 1956Waning Crescent

Monday 26 November 1956375,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 26, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.1% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
375,005 km233,017 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 25, 195601:13
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 2, 195608:13

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Monday, November 26, 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.