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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 1958: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on May 12, 1958Waning Crescent

Monday 12 May 1958403,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
403,360 km250,636 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 10, 195814:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 18, 195819:01

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 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.