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The Moon on Monday, July 20, 1998: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on July 20, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 20 July 1998373,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 20, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
373,899 km232,330 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Monday, July 20, 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.