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The Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on February 22, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 February 1956364,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
364,553 km226,523 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 19, 195609:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 26, 195601:42

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Wednesday, February 22, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1956 to the new moon of March 12, 1956, a cycle of 29.67 days.