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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on October 28, 1957Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 October 1957390,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
390,532 km242,665 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1957 is on Thursday, November 7, 1957 at 14:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.