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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 1, 1957Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 August 1957371,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
371,377 km230,763 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 27, 1957 at 04:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 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.