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The Moon on Thursday, September 13, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on September 13, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 September 1956403,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 13, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
403,353 km250,632 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1956 is on Thursday, September 20, 1956 at 03:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at 18:57 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Thursday, September 13, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 4, 1956 to the new moon of October 4, 1956, a cycle of 29.39 days.