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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on April 21, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 April 1956377,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
377,059 km234,293 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 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.