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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 20, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 July 1956404,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
404,971 km251,637 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 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.