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The Moon on Monday, October 21, 1957: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 21, 1957Waning Crescent

Monday 21 October 1957361,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 21, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
361,119 km224,389 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Monday, October 21, 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.