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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on July 30, 1998Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 July 1998404,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
404,289 km251,213 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 13:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 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.