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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on March 27, 1958Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 March 1958389,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
389,802 km242,212 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1958 is on Friday, April 4, 1958 at 03:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 1958 at 09:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 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.