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The Moon on Friday, May 29, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on May 29, 1998Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 May 1998381,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 29, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
381,991 km237,358 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 25, 199819:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 2, 199801:45

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Friday, May 29, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1998 to the new moon of June 24, 1998, a cycle of 29.35 days.