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The Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on July 30, 1957Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 July 1957363,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 30, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,075 km225,604 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Tuesday, July 30, 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.