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The Moon on Friday, June 1, 1956: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Last Quarter at

19:13UTC

Moon phase on June 1, 1956Last Quarter

Friday 1 June 1956398,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 1, 1956, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
398,067 km247,347 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 24, 195615:26
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, June 1, 195619:13
New Moon (after)Friday, June 8, 195621:29

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Friday, June 1, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1956 to the new moon of June 8, 1956, a cycle of 29.35 days.