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The Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1998: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on January 24, 1998Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 January 1998386,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 24, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
386,123 km239,926 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Saturday, January 24, 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.