Waning · 99.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°
Moon age
15.3days
Moon phase on July 23, 1956Waning Gibbous
On Monday, July 23, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
405,962 km252,253 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 23, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, July 22, 1956 | 21:29 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, July 30, 1956 | 19:31 |
The Moon around July 23
More about this date
Monday, July 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 1956, or the whole moon calendar 1956.
- The same date one year apart: 1955 · 1957.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.