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The Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on June 19, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 June 1956395,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 19, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
395,332 km245,648 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Tuesday, June 19, 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.