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The Moon on Sunday, March 25, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on March 25, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 March 1956373,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 25, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
373,953 km232,364 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 12, 1956 at 13:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Sunday, March 25, 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.