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The Moon on Monday, November 12, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on November 12, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 November 1956399,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 12, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
399,771 km248,406 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Monday, November 12, 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.