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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

August 1956 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for August 1956, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Aug 1Waning Crescent36%
Aug 2Waning Crescent26%
Aug 3Waning Crescent16%
Aug 4Waning Crescent8%
Aug 5Waning Crescent3%
Aug 6New Moon0%
Aug 7New Moon1%
Aug 8Waxing Crescent4%
Aug 9Waxing Crescent10%
Aug 10Waxing Crescent18%
Aug 11Waxing Crescent27%
Aug 12Waxing Crescent37%
Aug 13Waxing Crescent47%
Aug 14Waxing Gibbous57%
Aug 15Waxing Gibbous67%
Aug 16Waxing Gibbous76%
Aug 17Waxing Gibbous83%
Aug 18Waxing Gibbous90%
Aug 19Waxing Gibbous95%
Aug 20Waxing Gibbous98%
Aug 21Full Moon100%
Aug 22Full Moon99%
Aug 23Waning Gibbous97%
Aug 24Waning Gibbous94%
Aug 25Waning Gibbous88%
Aug 26Waning Gibbous81%
Aug 27Waning Gibbous72%
Aug 28Waning Gibbous62%
Aug 29Last Quarter51%
Aug 30Waning Crescent40%
Aug 31Waning Crescent29%
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