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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1957: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on May 23, 1957Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 May 1957402,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
402,129 km249,871 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 21, 195717:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 29, 195711:39

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 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.