Waning · 0.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°
Moon age
28.8days
Moon phase on December 1, 1956Waning Crescent
On Saturday, December 1, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
390,670 km242,751 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 1, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 1 day later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, November 25, 1956 | 01:13 |
| New Moon (after) | Sunday, December 2, 1956 | 08:13 |
The Moon around December 1
More about this date
Saturday, December 1, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1956, or the whole moon calendar 1956.
- The same date one year apart: 1955 · 1957.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.