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The Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on October 21, 1998Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 October 1998406,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 21, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
406,631 km252,669 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 20, 199810:10
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 28, 199811:46

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Wednesday, October 21, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 20, 1998 to the new moon of November 19, 1998, a cycle of 29.76 days.