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The Moon on Monday, December 14, 1998: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on December 14, 1998Waning Crescent

Monday 14 December 1998405,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 14, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
405,724 km252,105 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1998 is on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 15:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Monday, December 14, 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.