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The Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1957Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 October 1957392,612 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
392,612 km243,958 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Saturday, October 12, 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.