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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on March 20, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 March 1956369,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
369,563 km229,636 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 19, 195617:14
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 26, 195613:11

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1956 to the new moon of April 11, 1956, a cycle of 29.54 days.