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The Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1998: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on November 15, 1998Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 November 1998405,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 15, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
405,239 km251,804 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 04:27 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Sunday, November 15, 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.