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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on April 12, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 April 1957363,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
363,982 km226,168 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 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.