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The Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1957: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

First Quarter at

02:30UTC

Moon phase on May 7, 1957First Quarter

Tuesday 7 May 1957369,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 7, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
369,645 km229,687 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 29, 195723:54
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 7, 195702:30
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 13, 195722:34

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Tuesday, May 7, 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.