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The Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1998: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on June 23, 1998Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 June 1998370,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 23, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
370,825 km230,420 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1998 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 04:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Tuesday, June 23, 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.