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The Moon on Monday, June 11, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on June 11, 1956Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 June 1956361,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 11, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
361,250 km224,470 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 11, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 11

More about this date

Monday, June 11, 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.