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The Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on April 22, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 April 1956379,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 22, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
379,874 km236,043 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1956 is on Wednesday, April 25, 1956 at 01:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 1956 at 02:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Sunday, April 22, 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.