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The Moon on Friday, September 20, 1957: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 20 September 1957364,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 20, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
364,080 km226,229 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1957 is on Monday, September 9, 1957 at 04:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 23, 1957 at 19:19 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Friday, September 20, 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.