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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1998: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 1998Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 May 1998365,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
365,971 km227,404 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 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.