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The Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1998: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on July 19, 1998Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 July 1998371,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 19, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
371,974 km231,134 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Sunday, July 19, 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.