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The Moon on Monday, December 29, 1958: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on December 29, 1958Waning Gibbous

Monday 29 December 1958382,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 29, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
382,523 km237,689 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1958 is on Friday, December 26, 1958 at 03:54 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 9, 1959 at 05:34 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 26, 195803:54
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 2, 195910:51

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Monday, December 29, 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.