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The Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on December 1, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 1 December 1957403,462 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 1, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
403,462 km250,700 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 21, 1957 at 16:19 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 29, 195706:58
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 7, 195706:16

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Sunday, December 1, 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.