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The Moon on Monday, December 15, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on December 15, 1958Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 December 1958388,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 15, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
388,180 km241,204 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 1958 at 17:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Monday, December 15, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1958 to the new moon of January 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.51 days.