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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1998: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

New Moon at

13:44UTC

Moon phase on July 23, 1998New Moon

Thursday 23 July 1998383,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1998, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
383,327 km238,188 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1998 is on Thursday, July 9, 1998 at 16:01 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 16, 199815:14
New Moon (this day)Thursday, July 23, 199813:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 31, 199812:05

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.