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The Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on December 15, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 December 1956373,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 15, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
373,674 km232,190 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1956 is on Monday, December 17, 1956 at 19:06 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 2, 1956 at 08:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Saturday, December 15, 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.