Waning · 77.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°
Moon age
20.0days
Moon phase on August 26, 1956Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, August 26, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
387,647 km240,873 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 26, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 9 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, August 21, 1956 | 12:38 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 29, 1956 | 04:13 |
The Moon around August 26
More about this date
Sunday, August 26, 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.