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The Moon on Friday, May 1, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 1, 1998Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 May 1998382,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 1, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
382,340 km237,575 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Friday, May 1, 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.