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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on December 26, 1957Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 December 1957402,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
402,685 km250,217 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1957 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 21, 195706:12
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 29, 195704:52

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 1957 to the new moon of January 19, 1958, a cycle of 29.66 days.