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The Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1998: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on October 13, 1998Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 October 1998386,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 13, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
386,761 km240,322 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 12, 199811:11
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 20, 199810:10

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Tuesday, October 13, 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.