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The Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on October 24, 1998Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 October 1998402,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 24, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
402,684 km250,216 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Saturday, October 24, 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.