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The Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 October 1958394,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 21, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.2% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
394,919 km245,391 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1958 is on Monday, October 27, 1958 at 15:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 19, 195814:07
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 27, 195815:41

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Tuesday, October 21, 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.