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The Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 1957Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 October 1957384,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
384,815 km239,113 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1957 is on Thursday, November 7, 1957 at 14:32 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 23, 195704:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 30, 195710:48

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Sunday, October 27, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1957 to the new moon of November 21, 1957, a cycle of 29.48 days.