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The Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1998: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on December 12, 1998Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 December 1998403,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 12, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
403,039 km250,437 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1998 is on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 15:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Saturday, December 12, 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.