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The Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1957: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

First Quarter at

10:48UTC

Moon phase on October 30, 1957First Quarter

Wednesday 30 October 1957399,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 30, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
399,746 km248,390 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1957 is on Thursday, November 7, 1957 at 14:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 23, 195704:43
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 30, 195710:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 7, 195714:32

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Wednesday, October 30, 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.