Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on May 7, 1958Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 May 1958379,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
379,912 km236,067 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 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.