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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 18, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 July 1956400,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
400,598 km248,920 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 14, 195620:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 22, 195621:29

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1956 to the new moon of August 6, 1956, a cycle of 29.28 days.