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The Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on July 29, 1998Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 July 1998403,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 29, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
403,658 km250,822 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Wednesday, July 29, 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.