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The Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 1956: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on June 5, 1956Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 June 1956376,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 5, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
376,140 km233,723 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Tuesday, June 5, 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.