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The Moon on Saturday, June 30, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on June 30, 1956Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 June 1956394,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 30, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
394,036 km244,842 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Saturday, June 30, 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.