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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on October 15, 1957Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 October 1957380,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
380,522 km236,445 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 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.