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The Moon on Thursday, April 19, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on April 19, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 April 1956372,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 19, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.1% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
372,611 km231,530 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Thursday, April 19, 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.