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The Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on October 24, 1956Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 October 1956371,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 24, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.7% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
371,861 km231,063 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Wednesday, October 24, 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.