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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on January 6, 1958Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 January 1958369,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
369,935 km229,867 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1958 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 1958 at 22:08 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 5, 195820:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 12, 195814:01

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 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.