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The Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on November 15, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 November 1956386,295 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 15, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
386,295 km240,033 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 2, 1956 at 16:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Thursday, November 15, 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.