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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 1956: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on July 6, 1956Waning Crescent

Friday 6 July 1956361,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
361,078 km224,363 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 8, 1956 at 04:38 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 1, 195608:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 8, 195604:38

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 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.