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The Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1956: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 7, 1956Waning Crescent

Thursday 7 June 1956365,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 7, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
365,579 km227,160 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1956 is on Thursday, May 24, 1956 at 15:26 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Thursday, June 7, 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.