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The Moon on Monday, May 5, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on May 5, 1958Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 May 1958368,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 5, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
368,403 km228,915 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Monday, May 5, 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.