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The Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 2, 1958Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 October 1958403,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 2, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
403,420 km250,673 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1958 is on Saturday, September 27, 1958 at 21:44 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 27, 195821:44
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 6, 195801:20

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Thursday, October 2, 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.