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The Moon on Friday, October 4, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 October 1957405,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 4, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,028 km251,672 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 23, 1957 at 19:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 30, 195717:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 8, 195721:42

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Friday, October 4, 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.