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The Moon on Monday, December 3, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on December 3, 1956Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 December 1956397,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 3, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
397,380 km246,920 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1956 is on Monday, December 17, 1956 at 19:06 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 2, 195608:13
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 10, 195611:51

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Monday, December 3, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1956 to the new moon of January 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.75 days.