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The Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1957: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on July 24, 1957Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 July 1957371,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 24, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
371,815 km231,035 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Wednesday, July 24, 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.