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The Moon on Monday, December 16, 1957: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 1957Waning Crescent

Monday 16 December 1957371,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 16, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
371,525 km230,855 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Monday, December 16, 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.