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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

December 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

New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter

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 December 1956, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Dec 1Waning Crescent1%
Dec 2New Moon0%
Dec 3New Moon1%
Dec 4Waxing Crescent3%
Dec 5Waxing Crescent8%
Dec 6Waxing Crescent13%
Dec 7Waxing Crescent20%
Dec 8Waxing Crescent29%
Dec 9Waxing Crescent37%
Dec 10Waxing Crescent47%
Dec 11Waxing Gibbous56%
Dec 12Waxing Gibbous66%
Dec 13Waxing Gibbous75%
Dec 14Waxing Gibbous84%
Dec 15Waxing Gibbous91%
Dec 16Waxing Gibbous96%
Dec 17Full Moon99%
Dec 18Full Moon100%
Dec 19Waning Gibbous97%
Dec 20Waning Gibbous92%
Dec 21Waning Gibbous84%
Dec 22Waning Gibbous75%
Dec 23Waning Gibbous64%
Dec 24Waning Gibbous53%
Dec 25Waning Crescent42%
Dec 26Waning Crescent32%
Dec 27Waning Crescent23%
Dec 28Waning Crescent15%
Dec 29Waning Crescent8%
Dec 30Waning Crescent4%
Dec 31Waning Crescent1%
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