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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1998: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on October 14, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 October 1998391,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.6% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
391,628 km243,346 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 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.