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The Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1998: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on September 19, 1998Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 September 1998399,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 19, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
399,334 km248,134 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1998 is on Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 11:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Saturday, September 19, 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.