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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1998: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on August 20, 1998Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 August 1998388,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
388,572 km241,447 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1998 is on Saturday, August 8, 1998 at 02:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 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.