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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 1956: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 1956Waning Crescent

Friday 28 December 1956392,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
392,018 km243,588 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1956 is on Monday, December 17, 1956 at 19:06 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 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.