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The Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on November 28, 1957Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 November 1957402,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
402,305 km249,981 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 21, 1957 at 16:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Thursday, November 28, 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.