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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 January 1958381,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
381,766 km237,219 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1958 is on Tuesday, February 4, 1958 at 08:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 1958 at 22:08 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 28, 195802:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 4, 195808:06

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 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.