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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 1998: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on October 19, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 19 October 1998405,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
405,690 km252,084 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1998 is on Monday, October 5, 1998 at 20:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 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.