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The Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on January 24, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 January 1956362,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 24, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
362,285 km225,113 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1956 is on Friday, January 27, 1956 at 14:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 13, 1956 at 03:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Tuesday, January 24, 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.