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The Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 19, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 August 1956405,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 19, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
405,608 km252,033 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 11:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Sunday, August 19, 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.