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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1957: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on April 24, 1957Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 April 1957404,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
404,508 km251,349 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 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.