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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1958: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

New Moon at

20:52UTC

Moon phase on October 12, 1958New Moon

Sunday 12 October 1958357,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 1958, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
357,459 km222,115 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1958 is on Saturday, September 27, 1958 at 21:44 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 6, 195801:20
New Moon (this day)Sunday, October 12, 195820:52
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 19, 195814:07

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 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.