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The Moon on Friday, February 24, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on February 24, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 February 1956363,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 24, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
363,879 km226,104 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Friday, February 24, 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.