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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1958: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 16, 1958Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 March 1958400,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
400,351 km248,767 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1958 is on Wednesday, March 5, 1958 at 18:28 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 1958 at 09:50 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 12, 195810:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 20, 195809:50

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 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.