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The Moon on Monday, February 23, 1998: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on February 23, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 23 February 1998374,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 23, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
374,265 km232,557 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 19, 199815:27
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 26, 199817:26

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Monday, February 23, 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.