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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1998: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on June 18, 1998Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 June 1998368,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
368,775 km229,146 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 17, 199810:38
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 24, 199803:50

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 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.