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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1958: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on May 14, 1958Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 May 1958405,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
405,492 km251,961 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 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.