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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on April 18, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 April 1956370,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
370,984 km230,519 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 17, 195623:28
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 25, 195601:41

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1956 to the new moon of May 10, 1956, a cycle of 29.43 days.