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The Moon on Thursday, July 4, 1957: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

First Quarter at

12:09UTC

Moon phase on July 4, 1957First Quarter

Thursday 4 July 1957372,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 4, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
372,658 km231,559 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 27, 1957 at 20:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 27, 195720:54
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 4, 195712:09
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 11, 195722:50

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Thursday, July 4, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1957 to the new moon of July 27, 1957, a cycle of 29.32 days.