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The Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on March 6, 1957Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 March 1957392,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 6, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.7% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
392,070 km243,621 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 1, 195716:13
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 9, 195711:50

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Wednesday, March 6, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1957 to the new moon of March 31, 1957, a cycle of 29.71 days.