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The Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1957: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on September 21, 1957Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 September 1957360,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 21, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,363 km223,919 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1957 is on Monday, September 9, 1957 at 04:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 23, 1957 at 19:19 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Saturday, September 21, 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.