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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1956: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Last Quarter at

04:13UTC

Moon phase on August 29, 1956Last Quarter

Wednesday 29 August 1956374,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1956, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
374,358 km232,615 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1956 is on Tuesday, August 21, 1956 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 21, 195612:38
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 29, 195604:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 4, 195618:57

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.