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The Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 1998Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 May 1998388,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 2, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.8% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
388,344 km241,306 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Saturday, May 2, 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.