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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 31, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 October 1957402,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
402,741 km250,251 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1957 is on Thursday, November 7, 1957 at 14:32 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 23, 1957 at 04:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 30, 195710:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 7, 195714:32

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 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.