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The Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on September 22, 1956Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 September 1956387,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 22, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
387,319 km240,669 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1956 is on Thursday, September 20, 1956 at 03:19 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Saturday, September 22, 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.