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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on August 14, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 August 1956397,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
397,431 km246,952 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 13, 195608:45
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 21, 195612:38

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1956 to the new moon of September 4, 1956, a cycle of 29.31 days.