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The Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on March 1, 1998Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 March 1998361,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 1, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
361,487 km224,617 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 26, 199817:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 5, 199808:41

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Sunday, March 1, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1998 to the new moon of March 28, 1998, a cycle of 29.41 days.