Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, April 20, 1998: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on April 20, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 20 April 1998377,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 20, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
377,449 km234,536 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 19, 199819:53
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 26, 199811:41

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Monday, April 20, 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.