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The Moon on Sunday, April 28, 1957: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on April 28, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 April 1957394,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
394,438 km245,092 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1957 is on Sunday, April 14, 1957 at 12:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Sunday, April 28, 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.