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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

May 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 May 1956, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
May 1Waning Gibbous68%
May 2Waning Gibbous59%
May 3Last Quarter50%
May 4Waning Crescent40%
May 5Waning Crescent31%
May 6Waning Crescent22%
May 7Waning Crescent14%
May 8Waning Crescent7%
May 9Waning Crescent3%
May 10New Moon0%
May 11New Moon1%
May 12Waxing Crescent4%
May 13Waxing Crescent9%
May 14Waxing Crescent17%
May 15Waxing Crescent27%
May 16Waxing Crescent38%
May 17First Quarter49%
May 18Waxing Gibbous60%
May 19Waxing Gibbous71%
May 20Waxing Gibbous80%
May 21Waxing Gibbous88%
May 22Waxing Gibbous94%
May 23Waxing Gibbous98%
May 24Full Moon100%
May 25Full Moon100%
May 26Waning Gibbous98%
May 27Waning Gibbous94%
May 28Waning Gibbous89%
May 29Waning Gibbous83%
May 30Waning Gibbous75%
May 31Waning Gibbous66%
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