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The Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1998: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on August 15, 1998Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 August 1998372,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 15, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
372,771 km231,629 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 14, 199819:49
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 22, 199802:03

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Saturday, August 15, 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.