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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1958: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Last Quarter at

14:01UTC

Moon phase on January 12, 1958Last Quarter

Sunday 12 January 1958371,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 1958, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
371,533 km230,860 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1958 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 1958 at 22:08 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 5, 195820:09
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 12, 195814:01
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 19, 195822:08

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.