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The Moon on Friday, August 24, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on August 24, 1956Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 August 1956395,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 24, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
395,054 km245,475 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 21, 195612:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 29, 195604:13

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Friday, August 24, 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.