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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 1958: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on September 12, 1958Waning Crescent

Friday 12 September 1958363,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 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
363,668 km225,973 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1958 is on Friday, August 29, 1958 at 05:54 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 13, 1958 at 12:02 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 6, 195810:24
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 13, 195812:02

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 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.