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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 12, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 October 1956404,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
404,231 km251,177 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 11, 195618:44
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 19, 195617:25

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 1956 to the new moon of November 2, 1956, a cycle of 29.51 days.