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The Moon on Monday, January 28, 1957: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on January 28, 1957Waning Crescent

Monday 28 January 1957403,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
403,650 km250,816 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Monday, January 28, 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.