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The Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1957: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 22, 1957Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 October 1957361,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 22, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
361,867 km224,854 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1957 is on Tuesday, October 8, 1957 at 21:42 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Tuesday, October 22, 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.