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The Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1998: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on January 22, 1998Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 January 1998396,325 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 22, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
396,325 km246,265 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Thursday, January 22, 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.