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The Moon on Wednesday, November 20, 1957: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on November 20, 1957Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 November 1957368,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 20, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
368,818 km229,173 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1957 is on Thursday, November 7, 1957 at 14:32 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 21, 1957 at 16:19 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, November 14, 195722:00
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 21, 195716:19

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Wednesday, November 20, 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.