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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on July 5, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 July 1957376,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
376,237 km233,783 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 27, 1957 at 20:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 4, 195712:09
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 11, 195722:50

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 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.