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The Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1957: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on April 23, 1957Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 April 1957404,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 23, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
404,636 km251,429 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 21, 195723:01
New Moon (after)Monday, April 29, 195723:54

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Tuesday, April 23, 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.