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The Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1998: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on January 21, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 January 1998400,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 21, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
400,196 km248,670 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 20, 199819:40
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 28, 199806:01

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Wednesday, January 21, 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.