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The Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 1998Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 April 1998370,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 29, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
370,127 km229,986 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Wednesday, April 29, 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.