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The Moon on Sunday, October 14, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 14, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 14 October 1956402,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 14, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
402,900 km250,350 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Sunday, October 14, 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.