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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1998: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 May 1998369,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,523 km229,611 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 19, 199804:35
New Moon (after)Monday, May 25, 199819:32

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 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.