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The Moon on Monday, July 27, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on July 27, 1998Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 July 1998399,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 27, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
399,068 km247,969 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 23, 199813:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 31, 199812:05

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Monday, July 27, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1998 to the new moon of August 22, 1998, a cycle of 29.51 days.