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The Moon on Friday, October 3, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 3, 1958Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 October 1958400,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 3, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
400,687 km248,975 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1958 is on Saturday, September 27, 1958 at 21:44 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Friday, October 3, 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.