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The Moon on Friday, January 2, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on January 2, 1998Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 January 1998369,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 2, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
369,495 km229,594 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1997 at 16:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 29, 199716:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 5, 199814:18

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Friday, January 2, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1997 to the new moon of January 28, 1998, a cycle of 29.54 days.