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The Moon on Sunday, June 10, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on June 10, 1956Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 June 1956359,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 10, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
359,800 km223,569 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 10, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 8, 195621:29
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 15, 195611:56

The Moon around June 10

More about this date

Sunday, June 10, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 8, 1956 to the new moon of July 8, 1956, a cycle of 29.30 days.