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The Moon on Friday, June 21, 1957: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on June 21, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 21 June 1957398,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 21, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
398,823 km247,817 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1957 is on Wednesday, June 12, 1957 at 10:02 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 27, 1957 at 20:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 20, 195710:22
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 27, 195720:54

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Friday, June 21, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1957 to the new moon of June 27, 1957, a cycle of 29.39 days.