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The Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1998: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on April 23, 1998Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 April 1998362,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 23, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
362,488 km225,240 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Thursday, April 23, 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.