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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 1958Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 January 1958404,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
404,001 km251,034 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1958 is on Tuesday, February 4, 1958 at 08:06 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 1958 at 22:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 19, 195822:08
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 28, 195802:16

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1958 to the new moon of February 18, 1958, a cycle of 29.73 days.