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The Moon on Wednesday, June 13, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on June 13, 1956Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 June 1956368,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 13, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
368,123 km228,741 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 13, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 13

More about this date

Wednesday, June 13, 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.