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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on October 23, 1956Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 October 1956373,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.8% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
373,464 km232,060 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 19, 195617:25
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 26, 195618:02

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.