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The Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on April 2, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 April 1958358,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 2, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
358,755 km222,920 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1958 is on Friday, April 4, 1958 at 03:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 1958 at 09:50 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 28, 195811:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 4, 195803:45

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Wednesday, April 2, 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.