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The Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1957: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

First Quarter at

04:52UTC

Moon phase on December 29, 1957First Quarter

Sunday 29 December 1957403,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 29, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
403,302 km250,600 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1957 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 21, 195706:12
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 29, 195704:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 5, 195820:09

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Sunday, December 29, 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.