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The Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1998: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on September 16, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 September 1998389,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 16, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
389,448 km241,992 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1998 is on Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 11:21 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 13, 199801:58
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 20, 199817:02

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Wednesday, September 16, 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.