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The Moon on Thursday, February 7, 1957: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

First Quarter at

23:23UTC

Moon phase on February 7, 1957First Quarter

Thursday 7 February 1957388,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 7, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.2% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
388,032 km241,112 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 30, 195721:25
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 7, 195723:23
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 14, 195716:38

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Thursday, February 7, 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.