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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on April 23, 1958Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 April 1958393,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
393,041 km244,224 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 19, 1958 at 03:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 19, 195803:24
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 26, 195821:36

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 1958 to the new moon of May 18, 1958, a cycle of 29.65 days.