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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on May 20, 1958Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 May 1958392,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
392,767 km244,054 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1958 is on Sunday, June 1, 1958 at 20:55 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.