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The Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on February 20, 1957Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 February 1957383,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 20, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
383,399 km238,233 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Wednesday, February 20, 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.