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The Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1957: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 1957Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 March 1957405,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
405,694 km252,087 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Wednesday, March 27, 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.