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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1998: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 22, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 July 1998379,634 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
379,634 km235,894 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 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.