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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on October 26, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 October 1958406,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
406,196 km252,399 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1958 is on Monday, October 27, 1958 at 15:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 12, 1958 at 20:52 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 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.