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The Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on September 17, 1958Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 September 1958365,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 17, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,644 km227,201 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1958 is on Saturday, September 27, 1958 at 21:44 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 13, 1958 at 12:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Wednesday, September 17, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 1958 to the new moon of October 12, 1958, a cycle of 29.37 days.