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The Moon on Monday, May 19, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on May 19, 1958Waxing Crescent

Monday 19 May 1958395,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 19, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
395,983 km246,052 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1958 is on Sunday, June 1, 1958 at 20:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 18, 195819:01
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 26, 195804:38

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Monday, May 19, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1958 to the new moon of June 17, 1958, a cycle of 29.54 days.