New moon dates 1956
- 1956: 12 × new moon — 13 January 1956, 12 February 1956, 12 March 1956, 11 April 1956, 10 May 1956, 9 June 1956, 8 July 1956, 6 August 1956, 4 September 1956, 4 October 1956, 2 November 1956, 2 December 1956.
New moon dates 1956
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 13 Jan | 03:00 | passed |
| Sun 12 Feb | 21:37 | passed |
| Mon 12 Mar | 13:36 | passed |
| Wed 11 Apr | 02:38 | passed |
| Thu 10 May | 13:03 | passed |
| Sat 9 Jun | 21:28 | passed |
| Sun 8 Jul | 04:36 | passed |
| Mon 6 Aug | 11:24 | passed |
| Tue 4 Sep | 18:56 | passed |
| Thu 4 Oct | 04:23 | passed |
| Fri 2 Nov | 16:42 | passed |
| Sun 2 Dec | 08:11 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.