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The Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on March 31, 1998Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 March 1998366,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 31, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
366,225 km227,562 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 28, 199803:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 3, 199820:19

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Tuesday, March 31, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1998 to the new moon of April 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.35 days.