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The Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on July 28, 1957Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 July 1957359,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
359,514 km223,392 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 27, 195704:28
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 2, 195718:55

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Sunday, July 28, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1957 to the new moon of August 25, 1957, a cycle of 29.29 days.