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The Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1998: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on April 21, 1998Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 April 1998371,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 21, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
371,935 km231,110 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Tuesday, April 21, 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.