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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1957: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Last Quarter at

23:01UTC

Moon phase on April 21, 1957Last Quarter

Sunday 21 April 1957401,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 1957, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
401,123 km249,246 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 14, 195712:09
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 21, 195723:01
New Moon (after)Monday, April 29, 195723:54

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 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.