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The Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1958: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Full Moon at

20:09UTC

Moon phase on January 5, 1958Full Moon

Sunday 5 January 1958373,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 5, 1958, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
373,413 km232,028 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 372,115 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1958 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 1958 at 22:08 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 29, 195704:52
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, January 5, 195820:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 12, 195814:01

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Sunday, January 5, 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.