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The Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

21.8days

Moon phase on November 24, 1956Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 November 1956370,151 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 24, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
370,151 km230,001 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 1956 is on Sunday, November 18, 1956 at 06:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Saturday, November 24, 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.