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The Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1957: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Last Quarter at

21:48UTC

Moon phase on January 22, 1957Last Quarter

Tuesday 22 January 1957379,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 22, 1957, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
379,306 km235,689 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 16, 195706:21
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 22, 195721:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 30, 195721:25

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Tuesday, January 22, 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.