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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on July 12, 1957Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 July 1957400,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
400,063 km248,588 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 27, 1957 at 20:54 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 11, 195722:50
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 20, 195702:18

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 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.