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The Moon on Friday, November 23, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on November 23, 1956Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 November 1956368,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 23, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
368,348 km228,881 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 18, 195606:45
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 25, 195601:13

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Friday, November 23, 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.