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The Moon on Friday, October 19, 1956: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Full Moon at

17:25UTC

Moon phase on October 19, 1956Full Moon

Friday 19 October 1956385,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 19, 1956, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
385,511 km239,545 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Hunter's Moon, 384,628 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 11, 195618:44
Full Moon (this day)Friday, October 19, 195617:25
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 26, 195618:02

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Friday, October 19, 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.