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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on April 15, 1957Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 April 1957371,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
371,930 km231,107 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 14, 195712:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 21, 195723:01

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 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.