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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on May 2, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 May 1958359,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
359,606 km223,448 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 19, 1958 at 03:24 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 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.