Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, August 19, 1957: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 19, 1957Waning Crescent

Monday 19 August 1957384,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 19, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
384,653 km239,012 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 18, 195716:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 25, 195711:33

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Monday, August 19, 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.