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The Moon on Saturday, April 27, 1957: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on April 27, 1957Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 April 1957397,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
397,948 km247,273 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Saturday, April 27, 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.