Moon Phases 1956 — LCMS Lutheran

Blue moon in 1956: August 21 (third of four in summer)

Last quarter Wed, January 4 · 22:40 UT

New moon Fri, January 13 · 03:01 UT

First quarter Fri, January 20 · 22:58 UT

Full moon Fri, January 27 · 14:39 UT

Last quarter Fri, February 3 · 16:07 UT

New moon Sat, February 11 · 21:37 UT

First quarter Sun, February 19 · 09:21 UT

Full moon Sun, February 26 · 01:40 UT

Last quarter Sun, March 4 · 11:53 UT

New moon Mon, March 12 · 13:36 UT

First quarter Mon, March 19 · 17:13 UT

Full moon Mon, March 26 · 13:10 UT

Last quarter Tue, April 3 · 08:06 UT

New moon Wed, April 11 · 02:38 UT

First quarter Tue, April 17 · 23:27 UT

Full moon Wed, April 25 · 01:39 UT

Last quarter Thu, May 3 · 02:55 UT

New moon Thu, May 10 · 13:04 UT

First quarter Thu, May 17 · 05:15 UT

Full moon Thu, May 24 · 15:25 UT

Last quarter Fri, June 1 · 19:13 UT

New moon Fri, June 8 · 21:29 UT

First quarter Fri, June 15 · 11:55 UT

Full moon Sat, June 23 · 06:13 UT

Last quarter Sun, July 1 · 08:40 UT

New moon Sun, July 8 · 04:37 UT

First quarter Sat, July 14 · 20:46 UT

Full moon Sun, July 22 · 21:29 UT

Last quarter Mon, July 30 · 19:31 UT

New moon Mon, August 6 · 11:24 UT

First quarter Mon, August 13 · 08:45 UT

Full moon Tue, August 21 · 12:38 UT

Last quarter Wed, August 29 · 04:13 UT

New moon Tue, September 4 · 18:57 UT

First quarter Wed, September 12 · 00:12 UT

Full moon Thu, September 20 · 03:20 UT

Last quarter Thu, September 27 · 11:25 UT

New moon Thu, October 4 · 04:24 UT

First quarter Thu, October 11 · 18:44 UT

Full moon Fri, October 19 · 17:25 UT

Last quarter Fri, October 26 · 18:02 UT

New moon Fri, November 2 · 16:43 UT

First quarter Sat, November 10 · 15:09 UT

Full moon Sun, November 18 · 06:45 UT

Last quarter Sun, November 25 · 01:12 UT

New moon Sun, December 2 · 08:12 UT

First quarter Mon, December 10 · 11:51 UT

Full moon Mon, December 17 · 19:06 UT

Last quarter Mon, December 24 · 10:09 UT

The moon behind Easter

Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox — but the Church reckons this with a tabular ("ecclesiastical") moon and a fixed equinox of March 21, not the astronomical sky. The two usually agree to the day, but not always.

Ecclesiastical (computus)

Equinox (fixed)March 21

Paschal full moonMarch 27

Golden number19

Astronomical

Nearest full moonMarch 26

Time13:10 UT

Difference 1 day

Easter 1956 falls on April 1, 1956.

Moon Phases — 1956

The moon behind Easter