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The Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1956: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Last Quarter at

11:25UTC

Moon phase on September 27, 1956Last Quarter

Thursday 27 September 1956371,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 27, 1956, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
371,588 km230,894 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1956 is on Thursday, September 20, 1956 at 03:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 20, 195603:19
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 27, 195611:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 4, 195604:25

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Thursday, September 27, 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.