Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°
Moon age
1.4days
Moon phase on August 23, 1998Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, August 23, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
398,606 km247,682 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 23, 1998 is on Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 11:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1998 at 02:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 22, 1998 | 02:03 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, August 30, 1998 | 05:07 |
The Moon around August 23
More about this date
Sunday, August 23, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1998 to the new moon of September 20, 1998, a cycle of 29.62 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1998, or the whole moon calendar 1998.
- The same date one year apart: 1997 · 1999.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.