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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

April 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 April 1956, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Apr 1Waning Gibbous70%
Apr 2Waning Gibbous61%
Apr 3Waning Gibbous52%
Apr 4Waning Crescent43%
Apr 5Waning Crescent33%
Apr 6Waning Crescent25%
Apr 7Waning Crescent17%
Apr 8Waning Crescent10%
Apr 9Waning Crescent5%
Apr 10Waning Crescent1%
Apr 11New Moon0%
Apr 12Waxing Crescent1%
Apr 13Waxing Crescent5%
Apr 14Waxing Crescent11%
Apr 15Waxing Crescent20%
Apr 16Waxing Crescent30%
Apr 17Waxing Crescent41%
Apr 18Waxing Gibbous52%
Apr 19Waxing Gibbous63%
Apr 20Waxing Gibbous74%
Apr 21Waxing Gibbous83%
Apr 22Waxing Gibbous90%
Apr 23Waxing Gibbous96%
Apr 24Waxing Gibbous99%
Apr 25Full Moon100%
Apr 26Waning Gibbous99%
Apr 27Waning Gibbous96%
Apr 28Waning Gibbous91%
Apr 29Waning Gibbous84%
Apr 30Waning Gibbous77%
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