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The Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1956: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on November 27, 1956Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 November 1956377,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 27, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
377,817 km234,764 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Tuesday, November 27, 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.