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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1998: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 24, 1998Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 March 1998369,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
369,621 km229,672 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 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.