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The Moon on Monday, September 24, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on September 24, 1956Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 September 1956380,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 24, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
380,669 km236,537 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1956 is on Thursday, September 20, 1956 at 03:19 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days later.

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Monday, September 24, 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.