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The Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on October 23, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 October 1958401,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 23, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
401,897 km249,727 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1958 is on Monday, October 27, 1958 at 15:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Thursday, October 23, 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.