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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on October 9, 1957Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 October 1957401,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
401,368 km249,399 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 8, 195721:42
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 16, 195713:44

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 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.