New Moon Calendar 1956
Dates, times and dark-sky windows of every new moon in 1956
12 new moons in 1956, including 2 solar eclipses. Times convert to your time zone automatically (showing UTC).
New moons of 1956
| New moon (UTC) | Moonless evenings | Distance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8 to Jan 16 | 405,337 km | Micromoon | |
| Feb 6 to Feb 14 | 399,171 km | ||
| Mar 7 to Mar 15 | 389,398 km | ||
| Apr 6 to Apr 14 | 378,381 km | ||
| May 5 to May 13 | 368,358 km | ||
| Jun 3 to Jun 11 | 361,034 km | Total solar eclipse | |
| Jul 3 to Jul 11 | 357,480 km | Supermoon | |
| Aug 1 to Aug 9 | 358,177 km | Supermoon | |
| Aug 30 to Sep 7 | 363,085 km | ||
| Sep 29 to Oct 7 | 371,610 km | ||
| Oct 28 to Nov 5 | 382,462 km | ||
| Nov 27 to Dec 5 | 393,567 km | Partial solar eclipse |
Reading the 1956 new moon calendar
Each row is the instant the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. The Moon itself is invisible for a day or so either side, and the "moonless evenings" column gives the practical window: the nights when no Moon is in the sky after dark, from the last thin waning crescent before new moon to the first evening crescent after it. Those are the nights to choose for meteor showers, the Milky Way and faint deep-sky objects.
Distance matters less at new moon than at full, since there is nothing to see, but a new moon near perigee (a supermoon new moon) raises higher than usual spring tides. A Black Moon is the second new moon in a calendar month. A solar eclipse is listed when the Moon passes exactly in front of the Sun; click through for the type, the time of greatest eclipse and where it can be seen.