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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on January 18, 1957Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 January 1957359,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
359,654 km223,479 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 16, 195706:21
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 22, 195721:48

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1957 to the new moon of January 30, 1957, a cycle of 29.80 days.