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The Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on October 18, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 October 1956389,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 18, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
389,542 km242,050 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 4, 1956 at 04:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Thursday, October 18, 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.