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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 12, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 December 1956391,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.4% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
391,158 km243,055 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1956 is on Monday, December 17, 1956 at 19:06 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 10, 195611:51
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 17, 195619:06

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1956 to the new moon of January 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.75 days.