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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 15, 1958Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 October 1958362,462 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
362,462 km225,223 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1958 is on Monday, October 27, 1958 at 15:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 12, 195820:52
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 19, 195814:07

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1958 to the new moon of November 11, 1958, a cycle of 29.40 days.