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The Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1957: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on January 29, 1957Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 January 1957405,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 29, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
405,300 km251,842 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Tuesday, January 29, 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.