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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1957: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on May 24, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 24 May 1957399,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
399,339 km248,137 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 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.