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The Moon on Friday, December 14, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Friday 14 December 1956379,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 14, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
379,456 km235,783 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1956 is on Monday, December 17, 1956 at 19:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Friday, December 14, 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.