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The Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1956: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on June 3, 1956Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 June 1956388,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 3, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
388,121 km241,167 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 1, 195619:13
New Moon (after)Friday, June 8, 195621:29

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Sunday, June 3, 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.