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The Moon on Monday, January 23, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on January 23, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 January 1956366,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 23, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
366,185 km227,537 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1956 is on Friday, January 27, 1956 at 14:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 13, 1956 at 03:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 20, 195622:58
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 27, 195614:40

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Monday, January 23, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 1956 to the new moon of February 11, 1956, a cycle of 29.78 days.