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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on May 4, 1958Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 May 1958363,951 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
363,951 km226,149 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 3, 195812:23
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 10, 195814:38

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.