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The Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1957: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 19, 1957Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 October 1957364,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 19, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
364,232 km226,323 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Saturday, October 19, 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.