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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 1956Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 August 1956383,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.9% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
383,403 km238,235 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 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.