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The Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1998: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 1998Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 May 1998361,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 23, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,843 km224,839 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Saturday, May 23, 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.