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The Moon on Monday, November 16, 1998: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on November 16, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 16 November 1998406,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 16, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
406,258 km252,437 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 04:27 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Monday, November 16, 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.