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The Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on March 26, 1958Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 March 1958394,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 26, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
394,596 km245,190 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1958 is on Friday, April 4, 1958 at 03:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 1958 at 09:50 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 20, 195809:50
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 28, 195811:19

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Wednesday, March 26, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 1958 to the new moon of April 19, 1958, a cycle of 29.73 days.