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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on February 5, 1958Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 February 1958360,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
360,957 km224,288 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1958 is on Tuesday, February 4, 1958 at 08:06 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 1958 at 15:38 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 4, 195808:06
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 10, 195823:34

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 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.