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The Moon on Friday, March 27, 1998: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 1998Waning Crescent

Friday 27 March 1998357,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 27, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
357,644 km222,229 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Friday, March 27, 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.