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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on March 6, 1958Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 March 1958357,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
357,358 km222,052 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1958 is on Wednesday, March 5, 1958 at 18:28 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 1958 at 09:50 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 5, 195818:28
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 12, 195810:48

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 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.