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The Moon on Friday, August 23, 1957: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 23 August 1957361,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 23, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
361,987 km224,928 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1957 is on Saturday, August 10, 1957 at 13:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Friday, August 23, 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.