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The Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on May 1, 1957Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 May 1957383,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 1, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
383,351 km238,203 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Wednesday, May 1, 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.