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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1957: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 20, 1957Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 August 1957378,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
378,526 km235,205 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 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.