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The Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1998: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on January 25, 1998Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 January 1998380,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 25, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
380,519 km236,444 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Sunday, January 25, 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.