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The Moon on Thursday, November 29, 1956: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on November 29, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 November 1956383,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 29, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
383,965 km238,585 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 29, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 29

More about this date

Thursday, November 29, 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.