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The Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on October 25, 1956Waning Gibbous

Thursday 25 October 1956370,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 25, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.3% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
370,785 km230,395 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1956 is on Friday, October 19, 1956 at 17:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Thursday, October 25, 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.