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The Moon on Friday, September 6, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on September 6, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 September 1957404,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 6, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
404,680 km251,457 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1957 is on Monday, September 9, 1957 at 04:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 25, 1957 at 11:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Friday, September 6, 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.