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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on April 5, 1958Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 April 1958359,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
359,608 km223,450 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1958 is on Friday, April 4, 1958 at 03:45 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 19, 1958 at 03:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 4, 195803:45
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 10, 195823:50

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 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.