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The Moon on Monday, October 6, 1958: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Last Quarter at

01:20UTC

Moon phase on October 6, 1958Last Quarter

Monday 6 October 1958386,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 6, 1958, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.5% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
386,798 km240,345 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 27, 195821:44
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, October 6, 195801:20
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 12, 195820:52

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Monday, October 6, 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.