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The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on September 28, 1957Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 September 1957379,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
379,451 km235,780 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 23, 1957 at 19:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 23, 195719:19
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 30, 195717:49

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1957 to the new moon of October 23, 1957, a cycle of 29.39 days.