Waxing · 70.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°
Moon age
9.0days
Moon phase on August 15, 1956Waxing Gibbous
On Wednesday, August 15, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
70.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
401,097 km249,230 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 15, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, August 13, 1956 | 08:45 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, August 21, 1956 | 12:38 |
The Moon around August 15
More about this date
Wednesday, August 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 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.