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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on March 19, 1957Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 March 1957375,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
375,686 km233,440 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 16, 195702:22
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 23, 195705:05

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.