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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 1957Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 January 1957406,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
406,677 km252,697 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 30, 195721:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 7, 195723:23

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.