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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1956: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on December 27, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 December 1956388,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
388,323 km241,292 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1956 is on Monday, December 17, 1956 at 19:06 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.