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The Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on April 1, 1998Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 April 1998371,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 1, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
371,779 km231,013 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 03:14 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Wednesday, April 1, 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.