# Full Moon Calendar 1956

> There are 12 Full Moons and 12 New Moons in 1956. The first Full Moon is the Wolf Moon on January 27 in Leo, and the last is the Cold Moon on December 17 in Gemini. There is no Blue Moon in 1956. The Harvest Moon is on September 20. Two Full Moons are also a lunar eclipse: May 24 (Partial Lunar Eclipse) and November 18 (Total Lunar Eclipse). Dates are in UTC; Moon names follow the US Eastern calendar month.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1956

## Full Moons

| Date (UTC) | Name | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1956-01-27 14:40 UTC | Wolf Moon | 6°39' Leo |  |
| 1956-02-26 01:42 UTC | Snow Moon | 6°26' Virgo |  |
| 1956-03-26 13:11 UTC | Worm Moon | 5°51' Libra |  |
| 1956-04-25 01:41 UTC | Pink Moon | 4°50' Scorpio |  |
| 1956-05-24 15:26 UTC | Flower Moon | 3°25' Sagittarius | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
| 1956-06-23 06:14 UTC | Strawberry Moon | 1°44' Capricorn |  |
| 1956-07-22 21:29 UTC | Buck Moon | 0°00' Aquarius |  |
| 1956-08-21 12:38 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 28°24' Aquarius |  |
| 1956-09-20 03:19 UTC | Harvest Moon | 27°08' Pisces |  |
| 1956-10-19 17:25 UTC | Hunter's Moon | 26°18' Aries |  |
| 1956-11-18 06:45 UTC | Beaver Moon | 25°55' Taurus | Total Lunar Eclipse |
| 1956-12-17 19:06 UTC | Cold Moon | 25°51' Gemini |  |

## New Moons

| Date (UTC) | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1956-01-13 03:01 UTC | 21°54' Capricorn |  |
| 1956-02-11 21:38 UTC | 22°09' Aquarius |  |
| 1956-03-12 13:37 UTC | 21°58' Pisces |  |
| 1956-04-11 02:39 UTC | 21°11' Aries |  |
| 1956-05-10 13:04 UTC | 19°50' Taurus |  |
| 1956-06-08 21:29 UTC | 18°01' Gemini | Total Solar Eclipse |
| 1956-07-08 04:38 UTC | 15°59' Cancer |  |
| 1956-08-06 11:25 UTC | 13°57' Leo |  |
| 1956-09-04 18:57 UTC | 12°12' Virgo |  |
| 1956-10-04 04:25 UTC | 10°55' Libra |  |
| 1956-11-02 16:44 UTC | 10°15' Scorpio |  |
| 1956-12-02 08:13 UTC | 10°08' Sagittarius | Partial Solar Eclipse |

## Questions

### When Are the Full Moons in 1956?

Wolf Moon: January 27, 1956 at 9:40 AM ET (14:40 UTC), in Leo; Snow Moon: February 25, 1956 at 8:42 PM ET (01:42 UTC on February 26), in Virgo; Worm Moon: March 26, 1956 at 8:11 AM ET (13:11 UTC), in Libra; Pink Moon: April 24, 1956 at 8:41 PM ET (01:41 UTC on April 25), in Scorpio; Flower Moon: May 24, 1956 at 11:26 AM ET (15:26 UTC), in Sagittarius; Strawberry Moon: June 23, 1956 at 2:14 AM ET (06:14 UTC), in Capricorn; Buck Moon: July 22, 1956 at 5:29 PM ET (21:29 UTC), in Aquarius; Sturgeon Moon: August 21, 1956 at 8:38 AM ET (12:38 UTC), in Aquarius; Harvest Moon: September 19, 1956 at 11:19 PM ET (03:19 UTC on September 20), in Pisces; Hunter's Moon: October 19, 1956 at 1:25 PM ET (17:25 UTC), in Aries; Beaver Moon: November 18, 1956 at 1:45 AM ET (06:45 UTC), in Taurus; Cold Moon: December 17, 1956 at 2:06 PM ET (19:06 UTC), in Gemini.

### When Are the New Moons in 1956?

January 12, 1956 at 10:01 PM ET (03:01 UTC on January 13), in Capricorn; February 11, 1956 at 4:38 PM ET (21:38 UTC), in Aquarius; March 12, 1956 at 8:37 AM ET (13:37 UTC), in Pisces; April 10, 1956 at 9:39 PM ET (02:39 UTC on April 11), in Aries; May 10, 1956 at 9:04 AM ET (13:04 UTC), in Taurus; June 8, 1956 at 5:29 PM ET (21:29 UTC), in Gemini; July 8, 1956 at 12:38 AM ET (04:38 UTC), in Cancer; August 6, 1956 at 7:25 AM ET (11:25 UTC), in Leo; September 4, 1956 at 2:57 PM ET (18:57 UTC), in Virgo; October 4, 1956 at 12:25 AM ET (04:25 UTC), in Libra; November 2, 1956 at 11:44 AM ET (16:44 UTC), in Scorpio; December 2, 1956 at 3:13 AM ET (08:13 UTC), in Sagittarius.

### Is There a Blue Moon in 1956?

No. No calendar month in 1956 has two Full Moons in US Eastern time.

### When Is the Harvest Moon in 1956?

The Harvest Moon, the Full Moon nearest the September equinox, is on September 19, 1956 at 11:19 PM ET (03:19 UTC on September 20), in Pisces.

### Where Do the Full Moon Names Come From?

The names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold) are traditional North American names popularized by farmers' almanacs. They belong to the month, not to the zodiac sign the Moon is in.

### Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1956). Free to cite with a link to the source page.