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The Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1957: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Last Quarter at

04:02UTC

Moon phase on September 17, 1957Last Quarter

Tuesday 17 September 1957380,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 17, 1957, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
380,050 km236,152 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1957 is on Monday, September 9, 1957 at 04:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 23, 1957 at 19:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 9, 195704:55
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, September 17, 195704:02
New Moon (after)Monday, September 23, 195719:19

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Tuesday, September 17, 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.