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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1957: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on December 15, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 December 1957370,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
370,684 km230,332 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 14, 195705:45
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 21, 195706:12

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 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.