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The Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 1998: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on April 22, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 April 1998366,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 22, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
366,796 km227,917 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Wednesday, April 22, 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.