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The Moon on Friday, December 11, 1998: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on December 11, 1998Waning Crescent

Friday 11 December 1998399,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 11, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
399,923 km248,501 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1998 is on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 15:19 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 10, 199817:54
New Moon (after)Friday, December 18, 199822:43

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Friday, December 11, 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.