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The Moon on Monday, January 26, 1998: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on January 26, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 26 January 1998375,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 26, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
375,162 km233,115 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1998 is on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 17:24 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Monday, January 26, 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.