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The Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on June 27, 1956Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 June 1956404,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 27, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
404,131 km251,115 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Wednesday, June 27, 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.