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The Moon on Thursday, June 14, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on June 14, 1956Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 June 1956372,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 14, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
372,784 km231,637 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 14, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 14

More about this date

Thursday, June 14, 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.