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The Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on September 24, 1998Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 September 1998406,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 24, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
406,001 km252,277 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Thursday, September 24, 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.