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The Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on November 23, 1957Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 November 1957380,475 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 23, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
380,475 km236,416 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 21, 1957 at 16:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 21, 195716:19
First Quarter (after)Friday, November 29, 195706:58

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Saturday, November 23, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 1957 to the new moon of December 21, 1957, a cycle of 29.58 days.