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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1957: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on August 22, 1957Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 August 1957366,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
366,695 km227,854 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.