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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on February 17, 1957Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 February 1957365,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
365,161 km226,900 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 14, 195716:38
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 21, 195712:19

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 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.