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The Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on June 26, 1956Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 June 1956405,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 26, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,553 km251,999 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 23, 195606:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 1, 195608:41

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Tuesday, June 26, 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.