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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1998: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on February 25, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 February 1998363,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
363,928 km226,134 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 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.