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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on April 16, 1957Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 April 1957376,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
376,807 km234,137 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 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.