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The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1957: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on July 23, 1957Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 July 1957377,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
377,687 km234,684 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.