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The Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1998: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on November 18, 1998Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 November 1998405,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 18, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
405,950 km252,246 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1998 is on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 05:18 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 04:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Wednesday, November 18, 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.