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The Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on April 30, 1957Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 April 1957386,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 30, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
386,932 km240,428 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 29, 195723:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 7, 195702:30

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Tuesday, April 30, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.