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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1957: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on January 24, 1957Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 January 1957390,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
390,004 km242,337 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 22, 195721:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 30, 195721:25

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 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.