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The Moon on Monday, March 23, 1998: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 23, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 23 March 1998375,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 23, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
375,646 km233,416 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 21, 199807:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 28, 199803:14

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Monday, March 23, 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.