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The Moon on Friday, September 5, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on September 5, 1958Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 September 1958400,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 5, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.2% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
400,264 km248,713 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 13, 1958 at 12:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 29, 195805:54
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 6, 195810:24

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Friday, September 5, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1958 to the new moon of September 13, 1958, a cycle of 29.35 days.