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The Moon on Monday, February 2, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on February 2, 1998Waxing Crescent

Monday 2 February 1998368,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 2, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
368,678 km229,086 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Monday, February 2, 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.