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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on April 5, 1957Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 April 1957381,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
381,343 km236,955 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 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.