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The Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1957: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 June 1957389,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 23, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
389,674 km242,132 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1957 is on Wednesday, June 12, 1957 at 10:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 27, 1957 at 20:54 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Sunday, June 23, 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.