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The Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 June 1956387,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 17, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
387,334 km240,678 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 15, 195611:56
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 23, 195606:14

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Sunday, June 17, 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.