Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°
Full Moon at
12:38UTC
Moon phase on August 21, 1956Full Moon
On Tuesday, August 21, 1956, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
402,969 km250,393 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Sturgeon Moon, 402,917 km from Earth. MicromoonBlue Moon (seasonal)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, August 13, 1956 | 08:45 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Tuesday, August 21, 1956 | 12:38 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 29, 1956 | 04:13 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Tuesday, August 21, 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.