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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1957: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Last Quarter at

16:16UTC

Moon phase on August 18, 1957Last Quarter

Sunday 18 August 1957390,362 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 1957, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.0% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
390,362 km242,560 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 10, 195713:08
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 18, 195716:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 25, 195711:33

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 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.