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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1958: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on January 15, 1958Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 January 1958380,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
380,172 km236,228 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1958 is on Sunday, January 5, 1958 at 20:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 1958 at 22:08 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 12, 195814:01
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 19, 195822:08

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 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.