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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1956: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 25, 1956Waning Crescent

Tuesday 25 December 1956380,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
380,029 km236,139 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1956 is on Monday, December 17, 1956 at 19:06 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 24, 195610:10
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 1, 195702:14

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 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.