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The Moon on Friday, November 20, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on November 20, 1998Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 November 1998403,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 20, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
403,074 km250,458 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1998 is on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 15:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1998 at 04:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 19, 199804:27
First Quarter (after)Friday, November 27, 199800:23

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Friday, November 20, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1998 to the new moon of December 18, 1998, a cycle of 29.76 days.