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The Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 18, 1958Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 October 1958378,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 18, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
378,879 km235,424 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1958 is on Monday, October 27, 1958 at 15:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Saturday, October 18, 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.