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The Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 1, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 May 1958360,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 1, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
360,032 km223,713 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 19, 1958 at 03:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 26, 195821:36
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 3, 195812:23

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Thursday, May 1, 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.