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The Moon on Friday, June 29, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on June 29, 1956Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 June 1956398,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 29, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
398,378 km247,540 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Friday, June 29, 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.