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The Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on October 25, 1998Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 October 1998399,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 25, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
399,699 km248,361 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at 10:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Sunday, October 25, 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.