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The Moon on Sunday, November 11, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on November 11, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 November 1956402,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 11, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.3% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
402,559 km250,139 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 11, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 10, 195615:09
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 18, 195606:45

The Moon around November 11

More about this date

Sunday, November 11, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 2, 1956 to the new moon of December 2, 1956, a cycle of 29.65 days.