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The Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1957: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 20, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 October 1957361,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 20, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
361,975 km224,921 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Sunday, October 20, 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.