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The Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on June 27, 1998Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 June 1998388,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 27, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
388,756 km241,562 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 03:50 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 24, 199803:50
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 1, 199818:43

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Saturday, June 27, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1998 to the new moon of July 23, 1998, a cycle of 29.41 days.