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The Moon on Sunday, July 29, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 1956Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 July 1956389,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 29, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.7% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
389,074 km241,759 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1956 is on Sunday, July 22, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Sunday, July 29, 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.