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The Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on April 2, 1957Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 April 1957391,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 2, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
391,985 km243,568 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 31, 195709:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 7, 195720:33

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Tuesday, April 2, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1957 to the new moon of April 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.61 days.