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The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on January 8, 1958Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 January 1958366,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
366,445 km227,699 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1958 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 1958 at 22:08 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 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.