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The Moon on Friday, January 3, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on January 3, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 January 1958382,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 3, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
382,810 km237,867 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1958 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 29, 195704:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 5, 195820:09

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Friday, January 3, 1958 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.