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The Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on September 23, 1998Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 September 1998406,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 23, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
406,084 km252,329 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Wednesday, September 23, 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.