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The Moon on Sunday, July 1, 1956: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Last Quarter at

08:41UTC

Moon phase on July 1, 1956Last Quarter

Sunday 1 July 1956388,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 1, 1956, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
388,840 km241,614 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 23, 195606:14
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 1, 195608:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 8, 195604:38

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Sunday, July 1, 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.