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The Moon on Friday, February 8, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on February 8, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 February 1957382,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 8, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
382,259 km237,525 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 7, 195723:23
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 14, 195716:38

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Friday, February 8, 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.