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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1957: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 20 December 1957380,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
380,811 km236,625 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1957 is on Saturday, December 7, 1957 at 06:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 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.