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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

January 1956 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for January 1956, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Jan 1Waning Gibbous87%
Jan 2Waning Gibbous79%
Jan 3Waning Gibbous69%
Jan 4Waning Gibbous58%
Jan 5Waning Crescent48%
Jan 6Waning Crescent38%
Jan 7Waning Crescent29%
Jan 8Waning Crescent21%
Jan 9Waning Crescent13%
Jan 10Waning Crescent8%
Jan 11Waning Crescent3%
Jan 12Waning Crescent1%
Jan 13New Moon0%
Jan 14Waxing Crescent1%
Jan 15Waxing Crescent4%
Jan 16Waxing Crescent8%
Jan 17Waxing Crescent15%
Jan 18Waxing Crescent22%
Jan 19Waxing Crescent31%
Jan 20Waxing Crescent41%
Jan 21Waxing Gibbous52%
Jan 22Waxing Gibbous63%
Jan 23Waxing Gibbous74%
Jan 24Waxing Gibbous83%
Jan 25Waxing Gibbous91%
Jan 26Waxing Gibbous97%
Jan 27Full Moon100%
Jan 28Full Moon99%
Jan 29Waning Gibbous96%
Jan 30Waning Gibbous91%
Jan 31Waning Gibbous84%
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