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The Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1957: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on July 21, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 July 1957389,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 21, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
389,623 km242,101 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 20, 195702:18
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 27, 195704:28

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Sunday, July 21, 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.