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The Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on September 5, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 September 1957402,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 5, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
402,701 km250,227 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1957 is on Monday, September 9, 1957 at 04:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 1, 195704:35
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 9, 195704:55

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Thursday, September 5, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1957 to the new moon of September 23, 1957, a cycle of 29.32 days.