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The Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1998: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on November 12, 1998Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 November 1998396,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 12, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
396,479 km246,360 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 04:27 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 11, 199800:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 19, 199804:27

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Thursday, November 12, 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.