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The Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1958: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on November 5, 1958Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 November 1958376,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 5, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
376,775 km234,117 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1958 is on Monday, October 27, 1958 at 15:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 11, 1958 at 06:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 4, 195814:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 11, 195806:34

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Wednesday, November 5, 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.