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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1956Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 July 1956397,616 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
397,616 km247,067 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 22, 195621:29
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 30, 195619:31

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 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.