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The Moon on Friday, April 24, 1998: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 24, 1998Waning Crescent

Friday 24 April 1998359,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 24, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
359,463 km223,360 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1998 is on Saturday, April 11, 1998 at 22:24 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Friday, April 24, 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.