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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on March 27, 1956Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 March 1956381,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
381,552 km237,085 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1956 is on Monday, March 26, 1956 at 13:11 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 26, 195613:11
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 3, 195608:06

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 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.