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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on February 23, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 February 1956363,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
363,548 km225,898 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 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.