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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1998: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 18, 1998Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 July 1998370,660 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
370,660 km230,317 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 16, 199815:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 23, 199813:44

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 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.