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The Moon on Monday, September 21, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on September 21, 1998Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 September 1998403,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 21, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
403,878 km250,958 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 20, 199817:02
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 28, 199821:11

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Monday, September 21, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 1998 to the new moon of October 20, 1998, a cycle of 29.71 days.