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The Moon on Friday, December 27, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on December 27, 1957Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 December 1957404,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.4% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
404,153 km251,129 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1957 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Friday, December 27, 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.