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The Moon on Friday, April 26, 1957: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 26, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 26 April 1957400,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 26, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
400,962 km249,146 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Friday, April 26, 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.