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The Moon on Monday, April 8, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on April 8, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 April 1957370,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 8, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
370,594 km230,277 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 31, 1957 at 09:19 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 7, 195720:33
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 14, 195712:09

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Monday, April 8, 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.