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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on May 17, 1957Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 May 1957394,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
394,089 km244,875 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 13, 195722:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 21, 195717:03

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 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.