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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1998: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Last Quarter at

07:38UTC

Moon phase on March 21, 1998Last Quarter

Saturday 21 March 1998387,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 1998, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
387,780 km240,955 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 13, 199804:34
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 21, 199807:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 28, 199803:14

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.