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The Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1958: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on May 17, 1958Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 May 1958401,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 17, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
401,530 km249,499 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1958 is on Saturday, May 3, 1958 at 12:23 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Saturday, May 17, 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.