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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on October 22, 1998Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 October 1998406,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
406,086 km252,330 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 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.