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The Moon on Friday, October 16, 1998: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on October 16, 1998Waning Crescent

Friday 16 October 1998399,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 16, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
399,356 km248,148 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Friday, October 16, 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.