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The Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1998: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on June 20, 1998Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 June 1998366,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 20, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
366,608 km227,800 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Saturday, June 20, 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.