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The Moon on Friday, January 30, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on January 30, 1998Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 January 1998363,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 30, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
363,795 km226,052 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 28, 199806:01
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 3, 199822:54

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Friday, January 30, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1998 to the new moon of February 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.48 days.