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The Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on June 28, 1956Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 June 1956401,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 28, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.0% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
401,752 km249,637 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Thursday, June 28, 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.