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The Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 1956Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 August 1956378,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 28, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
378,916 km235,447 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Tuesday, August 28, 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.