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The Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 1, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 March 1958376,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 1, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
376,534 km233,968 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1958 is on Wednesday, March 5, 1958 at 18:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 1958 at 15:38 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 26, 195820:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 5, 195818:28

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Saturday, March 1, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1958 to the new moon of March 20, 1958, a cycle of 29.76 days.