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The Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on March 20, 1957Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 March 1957381,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 20, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
381,898 km237,300 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Wednesday, March 20, 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.