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The Moon on Monday, March 17, 1958: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on March 17, 1958Waning Crescent

Monday 17 March 1958402,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 17, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
402,937 km250,373 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1958 is on Wednesday, March 5, 1958 at 18:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 1958 at 09:50 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Monday, March 17, 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.