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The Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1998: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on August 16, 1998Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 August 1998375,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 16, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
375,571 km233,369 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Sunday, August 16, 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.