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The Moon on Thursday, July 19, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on July 19, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 July 1956403,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 19, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
403,187 km250,529 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Thursday, July 19, 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.