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The Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1958: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 7, 1958Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 December 1958363,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 7, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.4% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
363,129 km225,638 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1958 is on Wednesday, November 26, 1958 at 10:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 4, 195801:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 10, 195817:23

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Sunday, December 7, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 1958 to the new moon of December 10, 1958, a cycle of 29.45 days.