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The Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1957: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on March 24, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 March 1957401,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 24, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.8% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
401,848 km249,697 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 23, 195705:05
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 31, 195709:19

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Sunday, March 24, 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.