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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 1998: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1998Waning Crescent

Friday 22 May 1998363,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
363,302 km225,745 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 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.