Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on January 4, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 January 1958377,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 4, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
377,812 km234,762 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1958 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 1957 at 06:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Saturday, January 4, 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.