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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 1957: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on October 18, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 18 October 1957367,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,571 km228,398 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 16, 195713:44
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 23, 195704:43

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 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.