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The Moon on Monday, April 27, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on April 27, 1998Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 April 1998360,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 27, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
360,917 km224,263 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 26, 199811:41
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 3, 199810:04

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Monday, April 27, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1998 to the new moon of May 25, 1998, a cycle of 29.33 days.